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15. Li Zhaoxing (李肇星), at Press Conference of NPC (十一
届全国人大二次会议记者招待会), “2009年中国国防预算为4806.86
亿元” (“China Defense Budget is 480.686 Billion in 2009”), Xinhua
News Agency, March 4, 2009.
16. Equipment portion of the budget has increased from 16.3
percent to 33.90 percent over the 1990-2009 period based on official
figures. Guo Jia (郭佳) and Lü Ying (吕颖), “我国国防费结
构优化的现状判断及实证分析” (“Analysis and Assessment of the
Current Situation of China’s National Defense Spending Structure
Optimization”), 军事经济研究 (Military Economic Research),
No. 2, 2009.
17. In 1990, the equipment portion of the budget is RMB 5
billion, 16.4 percent of defense budget. In 2007, the equipment
portion of the budget increased to RMB 114 billion, 32 percent of
defense budget. See China Statistics Yearbook in 1991 and China’s
National Defense in 2008 published by Information Office of State
Council.
18. “科技统计数据 2009” (“China Science & Technology Statistics
Data Book, 2009),” Ministry of Science and Technology of
The People’s Republic Of China. As of 2008, China’s total R&D
investment amounted to more than U.S. $65.6 billion, RMB 444
billion, available from www.sts.org.cn/zlhb/2009/hb1.1.htm#1.
19. From 2006-09, R&D funds for Electronic Information College
under the PLA Information Engineering University increased
three times, reaching RMB 100 million in 2009. See, Li Yunming
(李玉明) and Cheng Xiangran (程相然) “解放军信息工程大学努
力营造人才培养环境” (“PLA Electronic Engineering University
Strives for Better Conditions to Train Professionals”), 解放军
报 (PLA Daily), April 14, 2009; Weapons and Equipment Basic
Research Fund. Fund awards are valued at RMB 50,000—2 million.
Other funding sources include the GAD-managed Defense
Technology Cross-Enterprise Fund, the Defense Technology Key
Laboratory Fund, the CASC Innovation Fund, and the CASIC
Support Fund. See Mark Stokes, “China’s Evolving Conventional
Strategic Strike Capability: The ASBM Challenge to the U.S. Maritime
Operations in the Western Pacific and Beyond” Project 2049
Institute, September 14, 2009, pp. 8-12, available from project2049.
net/documents/chinese_anti_ship_ballistic_missile_asbm.pdf.
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