China's annual defense budget 2008-2012 (figures approximate)

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China plans to raise its defense budget to 670 billion yuan (US$106.4 billion) in 2012. In 2011, China's military expenditures represented 1.28 percent of the country's GDP. Comparatively, in the United States and Britain, the figure was higher than 2 percent.

Chinese military spending, particularly the country's defense budget, is given high attention every year during the National People's Congress (NPC) sessions.

The following table shows China's defense budget figures and approximate year-on-year increase since 2008:

(The current foreign exchange rate between dollar and yuan is about 1 to 6.3)

  Year  2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

 Defense budget  417.769 billion yuan 480.686 billion yuan   532.115 billion yuan 601.1 billion yuan  670.27 billion yuan 

YoY defense budget increase  17.6%  15.1%  10.7%  13.0%  11.5% 

Gross domestic product (GDP)  31.4045 trillion yuan  34.0903 trillion yuan  40.1513 trillion yuan  47.1564 trillion yuan 

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(to target at 7.5% increase)

Defense budget/GDP Ratio  1.33%   1.41% 1.33%   1.27% ———— 

State financial expenditures  6,259.266 billion yuan  7,629.993 billion yuan  8,987.416 billion yuan  10,893 billion yuan  ———— 

 Defense budget/State financial expenditures ratio 6.67%  6.30%   5.92% 5.52%  ———— 

 

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