Australia will boost its annual defence spending by 80 per cent within a decade as it upgrades its armed forces partly to counteract Chinese assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region.
澳大利亚将在今后十年里把年度国防开支提高80%。目前,该国正在对其武装力量进行升级,此举在一定程度上是为了反制中国在亚太地区的强硬态势。
A defence white paper published on Thursday lays out plans to increase expenditure to A$59bn (US$42bn) by 2026, compared with A$32bn this year. Almost half of a total budget of A$447bn forecast for 2016-2026 will be spent on military hardware and infrastructure over the period.
澳大利亚周四发布的国防白皮书列出的计划是,到2026年时将国防开支增加到590亿澳元(合420亿美元),而今年澳大利亚的军费为320亿澳元。2016-26年的总预算预计为4470亿澳元,其中近一半将花在军事装备和国防基础设施上。
“This is a massive investment in securing the peace and prosperity of our region,” said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
澳大利亚总理马尔科姆特恩布尔(Malcolm Turnbull)表示:“这一大规模投入是为了确保我们地区的和平与繁荣。”
The paper also commits Canberra to raise defence spending to 2 per cent of gross domestic product by 2020-21. The proposal marks a significant expansion of earlier plans to boost defence spending and comes despite budget pressures after the end of a decade-long mining investment boom.
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