2001年3月6日,财政部长项怀诚向九届人大四次会议提交年度工作报告,在新一年军费问题上提出了“适当增加国防支出”政策,即“2001年中央预算安排国防支出1410.14亿元,增长17.7%”,并说明这主要是为“适当提高军官、文职干部及士兵工资的需要”,也是“适应世界军事领域深刻变革,做好现代技术特别是高技术条件下的 On March 6, 2001, Minister of Finance Xiang Huaicheng submitted the annual work report to the Fourth Session of the Ninth NPC and proposed the policy of “appropriate increase of national defense expenditure” on the question of military spending in the new year. That is, the “ 141.014 billion yuan, an increase of 17.7%. ”This shows that this is mainly for“ the need to appropriately raise the salaries of military officers, civilian cadres and soldiers ”and" to adapt to the profound changes in the military field in the world and make modern technology, especially high-tech conditions