A Chinese official said Wednesday
China's military budget is set to rise by about 10% in 2015 in a
move designed to keep modernising the People's Liberation Army -
the world's largest standing military.
Fu Ying, spokeswoman for China's annual parliament session
the National People's Congress (NPC), gave the "rough" figure
and said it was in line with overall spending growth.
A formal announcement will be made on Thursday when the NPC
opens.
China has seen several years of double-digit defence
spending increases.
It is the world's second-highest military spender, but
remains far behind the US.
Last year, China's defence spending rose 12.2% to $130bn.
In comparison, for the fiscal year 2016 US President Barack
Obama has requested a budget of $585bn.
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