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China's 2026 defense budget set at 1.94 trillion yuan: spokesperson

Global Times · 🇨🇳 public China · · 491 words · By Global Times
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Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the delegation of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force at the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.

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Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the delegation of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force at the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress.

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Photo: VCG China's national defense budget for 2026 has been set at 1.94 trillion yuan ($281 billion) under the country's general public budget, representing a 6.9 percent increase from last year's executed budget, with the central government accounting for…

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The Chinese government adheres to the principle of coordinating national defense development with economic development and determines the scale of defense spending in a reasonable manner, Zhang said.

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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“China's national defense budget for 2026 has been set at 1.94 trillion yuan ($281 billion) under the country's general public budget, representing a 6.9 percent increase from last year's executed budget, with the central government accounting for 1.91 trillion yuan ($276 billion), a 7 percent rise, Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the delegation of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force at the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress, said on Tuesday.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists only of Wikipedia entries about unrelated topics (Feng Xiaogang, film lists, Zhang Ziyi) and do not contain any information regarding China's 2026 national defense budget figures or statements made by Zhang Xiaogang. Therefore, the claim cannot be corroborated or verified using the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Feng Xiaogang (simplified Chinese: 冯小刚; traditional Chinese: 馮小剛; pinyin: Féng Xiǎogāng; born 18 March 1958 in Beijing) is a Chinese filmmaker and actor. After making his directorial debut with the ro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_Xiaogang
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of mainland Chinese films first released in year 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_films_of_2023
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zhang Ziyi ([ʈʂáŋ tsɹ̩̀.ǐ]; Chinese: 章子怡; born 9 February 1979), sometimes credited Ziyi Zhang, is a Chinese actress, known for playing independent and strong-willed characters. Born and raised in Bei…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Ziyi
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“According to Zhang, in accordance with the National Defense Law and the Budget Law, China includes its annual defense expenditure in the draft government budget each year.”
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The evidence provided consists only of Wikipedia entries discussing US defense budgets and the NDAA, and does not contain any information regarding Chinese law or the process of including annual defense expenditure in the draft government budget according to the National Defense Law and the Budget Law.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Golden Dome is a planned multi-layer missile defense system for the United States, intended to detect and destroy ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles before they launch or during their flig…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD), or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA 2026) is a United States federal law which specifies the budget, expenditures, and policies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization…
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“The budget is then submitted to the National People's Congress for review and approval, after which the funds are managed and used in accordance with the law.”
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The evidence provided consists only of Wikipedia entries discussing the 14th National People's Congress and the general structure of the NPC. While the evidence confirms the existence and function of the NPC, it does not contain any specific information confirming the process that the annual defense budget is submitted to the NPC for review and approval, nor does it confirm the subsequent legal management of funds.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is the current term of the supreme organ of state power of the People's Republic of China. This term of the National People's Congress convened in Beijing, on…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_National_People's_Congres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National People's Congress (NPC) is the supreme organ of state power of the People's Republic of China that heads the country's system of people's congress. It is vested with unified state power a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_People's_Congress
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) is the permanent organ of the National People's Congress (NPC), the supreme organ of state power of the People's Republic of China. It …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_Committee_of_the_Nati…
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“The total defense budget is also made public.”
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No evidence was found in the provided sources (cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia) to confirm whether the total defense budget is made public.
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“China's defense budget growth is expected to slow to 7 percent in 2026, marking the 11th consecutive year of single-digit growth for China's defense budget.”
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No evidence was found in the provided sources to confirm that China's defense budget growth is expected to slow to 7 percent in 2026, or that this marks the 11th consecutive year of single-digit growth.
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“The figure stayed at 7.2 percent for 2023, 2024 and 2025, according to the Xinhua News Agency.”
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No evidence was found in the provided sources to confirm that China's defense budget growth rate was 7.2 percent in 2023, 2024, and 2025, according to Xinhua News Agency.
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