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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
MINSK, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — History has already proven and continues to prove that the Chinese army has always been a staunch defender, builder and contributor to global security and world peace, Defense Attaché at the Chinese Embassy in Belarus Liu Zhe said on Thursday during a ceremonial event to mark the 98th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA).
He noted that the world has now entered a new period of turbulent change, with global peace and security facing unprecedentedly serious challenges. “Faced with the question of what kind of security concept the world needs and how countries can achieve common security, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the Global Security Initiative, emphasizing the need to adhere to the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, providing a Chinese approach to building a balanced, effective and sustainable international security architecture,” Liu Zhe noted.
He stressed that the PLA is committed to implementing the Global Security Initiative with concrete actions, actively providing the international community with a public security plan, including peacekeeping operations, ocean escort missions, international disaster relief and humanitarian assistance.
"China firmly adheres to the path of peaceful development and consistently pursues a defensive national policy. Since the founding of the PRC, the Chinese army has never initiated a single conflict or invaded an inch of foreign territory. Over the past three years, China's defense spending has grown steadily at 7.2 percent. At the same time, the share of military spending in the country's GDP has remained below 1.5 percent for many years, which is below the world average," Liu Zhe concluded. -0-
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