(Two Sessions Express) Zhang Yesui: China's strengthening of national defense does not target or threaten any country
China News Agency, Beijing, March 4 (Reporter Xing Chong) Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress, said in Beijing on the 4th that China's strengthening of national defense does not target or threaten any country.
On the same day, the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress held a press conference, and the spokesperson of the Congress answered questions on the agenda of the Congress and the work-related issues of the National People's Congress.
In response to questions about whether China's defense spending will increase significantly this year, and whether China's military development poses a threat to other countries, Zhang Yesui made the above remarks.
Zhang Yesui pointed out that China's defense expenditure is generally in line with the level of national economic development.
Maintaining a moderate and steady growth in defense expenditure is to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests, fulfill international responsibilities and obligations, and meet the needs of military reforms with Chinese characteristics.
Zhang Yesui stated that China's defense spending is open and transparent.
The annual defense expenditure budget is included in the draft national budget, which is reviewed and approved by the National People's Congress.
China participated in the "UN Military Expenditure Transparency System" in 2007, and every year submits basic data on defense expenditures for the previous fiscal year to the United Nations.
"The key to measuring whether a country poses a military threat to other countries depends on what kind of national defense policy the country pursues." Zhang Yesui said that China adheres to the path of peaceful development and pursues a defensive national defense policy. country.
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