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Fig. I-2-3-1 Changes in China’s Official Defense Budget
Defense Budget (in billions of yuan)
Year-on-year growth rate (%)
(billion yuan)
6,000
(%)
30
5,500
25
5,000
4,500
20
4,000
3,500
15
3,000
2,500
10
2,000
1,500
5
1,000
500
0
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
(Year)
0
Note: The total defense budgets for FY2002 and FY2004 were not disclosed, and there is a discrepancy when the disclosed growth rates and amounts of increase is applied to
the initial budgets of FY2001 and FY2003. This graph uses 168.4 billion yuan and 210 billion yuan for FY2002 and FY2004, respectively. These are calculated on the
assumption that the disclosed growth rates and amounts of increase are based on the actual defense expenditures for FY2001 and FY2003.
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Fig. I-2-3-2 Location and Strength of PLA
Beijing Military Region
(Headquarters: Beijing)
Jinan Military Region
(Headquarters: Jinan)
Lanzhou Military Region
(Headquarters: Lanzhou)
Shenyang Military Region
(Headquarters: Shenyang)
Chengdu Military Region
(Headquarters: Chengdu)
North Sea Fleet
(Headquarters: Qingdao)
East Sea Fleet
(Headquarters: Ningbo)
Nanjing Military Region
(Headquarters: Nanjing)
Guangzhou Military Region
(Headquarters: Guangzhou)
South Sea Fleet
(Headquarters: Zhanjiang)
Military Region headquarters
Fleet headquarters
Group Army (Army) headquarters
Airborne Corps (Air Force) headquarters
Note: Army and Air Force Military Regions are identical. A Group Army consists of several divisions and brigades and has tens of thousands of personnel.
China
Taiwan (Reference)
Total military forces
Approx. 2.3 million troops
Approx. 290,000 troops
Group troops
Approx. 1.6 million troops
Approx. 200,000 troops
Type-98A, Type-96, Type-88A/B
and others
Approx. 7,550 vehicles
M-60, M-48A/H and others
Approx. 1,830 vehicles
Approx. 950 vessels/1.343 million tons
Approx. 330 vessels/ 207,000 tons
Approx. 75 vessels
Approx. 30 vessels
Ground
forces
Tanks
Warships
Maritime
forces
Air
forces
Reference
Destroyers & frigates
Approx. 60 vessels
4 vessels
Marines
Approx. 10,000 troops
Approx. 15,000 troops
Combat aircraft
Approx. 1,950 aircraft
Approx. 530 aircraft
J-10 ×120
Su-27×166
Su-30 ×97
(Fourth-generation fighters 383 aircraft)
Mirage 2000×57
F-16×146
F-CK-1 (IDF) ×128
(Fourth-generation fighters 331 aircraft)
Approx. 1.339 billion
Approx. 23 million
2 years
1 year
Submarines
Modern fighters aircraft
Population
Term of service
Source: The Military Balance 2010 and others.
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Fig. I-2-3-3 Range of Ballistic Missiles from China (Beijing)
Canada
Europe
North Circle North Pole
Arctic Ocean
Russia
Iran
Arabian Sea India
Bay of Bengal
Indian Sea
Mongolia
China
Pacific Ocean
2,500km
2,800km
Micronesia
The Philippines
4,750km
Indonesia
8,000km
12,000km
2,150 –2,500km
Maximum range of DF-21, DF-21A /B
2,400 –2,800km
Maximum range of DF-3, DF-3A
4,750km
Maximum range of DF-4
13,000km
8,000 –14,000km
14,000km
12,000 –13,000km Maximum range of DF-5, DF-5A
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Maximum range of DF-31, DF-31A
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A Chinese early warning aircraft flying over the East China Sea
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A Chinese Kilo-class submarine cruising on the East China Sea
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Fig. I-2-3-4 Recent Chinese Activities in the Waters near Japan
June 2009
Five vessels including a Luzhou-class destroyer sailed through
the waters off the northeast coast of Okinotori Island
October 2008
Four vessels including a Sovremenny-class
destroyer sailed through the Tsugaru Strait
(the first identified passage by Chinese
surface combat ships) before circling Japan
Oga
saw
ara
Isla
nds
Guam
Tokyo
April 2010
Ten vessels including Kilo-class
submarines and Sovremenny-class
destroyers sailed through the waters
off the west coast of Okinotori Island
Okinotori Island
November 2008
Four vessels including a Luzhou-class
destroyer sailed to the Pacific Ocean
March 2010
Six vessels including a Luzhou-class
destroyer sailed to the Pacific Ocean
Okinawa
Taipei
East China Sea
July 2010
Two vessels including a Luzhou-class
destroyer sailed to the Pacific Ocean
South China Sea
Ningbo
Qingdao
Beijing
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Zhanjiang
December 2008
Two Chinese maritime research ships
entered into the territorial waters of
Japan near the Senkaku Islands and
roved the area
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Fig. I-2-3-5 Changes in Taiwan’s Defense Budget
Defense Budget (billion Taiwan dollars)
Year-on-year growth rate (%)
(%)
400
30
350
25
300
20
250
15
200
10
150
5
100
0
50
-5
0
-10
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
(FY)
Source: National Defense Reports of the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan, etc.
Fig. I-2-3-6
Changes in Modern Fighter Aircraft of China and Taiwan
(Number of Aircraft)
400
China (Su-27, Su-30, J-10)
Taiwan (Ching-kuo, F-16, Mirage2000)
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2010
(Year)
Source: Military Balance (of respective year).
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