今天全国人大的新闻发布会,发言人傅莹透露:2017年中国国防费增长的幅度是7%左右。照此测算,2017年中国的国防费用极有可能首次超过一万亿元人民币。一万亿元人民币多不多?我们来看组数据:2016年,国防支出排名前十的依次是美国、中国、英国、印度、沙特、俄罗斯、法国、日本、德国、韩国。从绝对值看,中国的国防费用仅次于美国,排在世界第 Today’s NPC press briefing and spokesman Fu Ying said: In 2017, the growth rate of China’s defense spending is about 7%. According to this measure, China’s defense spending in 2017 is most likely the first time more than one trillion yuan. One trillion yuan more? We look at the group data: In 2016, the top ten in terms of national defense spending were the United States, China, Britain, India, Saudi Arabia, Russia, France, Japan, Germany and South Korea. In absolute terms, China’s defense expenditure is second only to the United States and the highest in the world