China to increase defense budget by 7.2 percent in 2025
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Updated: 2025-03-05 10:42
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BEIJING -- China on Wednesday announced a 7.2-percent increase in its 2025 national defense budget.
The planned defense expenditure of the country will be 1.784665 trillion yuan (about $249 billion) this year, according to a draft budget report submitted to the national legislature for deliberation.
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