China pursues self-defense policy: premier
14/3/2006 15:16
China pursues a national defense policy of self-defense, and its limited
increase of military expenditure is mainly used to improve the living conditions
of officers and soldiers and improve self-defense capability, said Chinese
Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing today.
The country's defense policy is
transparent, said Wen, adding that China has never dispatched even one soldier
abroad except its peacekeepers, and has not occupied one inch of foreign
land.
Wen made the remarks while meeting with the press following the
conclusion of the annual full session of the Chinese legislature, the Tenth
National People's Congress.
The Chinese premier said China sticks to a road
of peaceful development, which primarily results from China's traditional
culture, development needs and national interests, emphasizing that China is
already "a responsible country" of the international community.
Wen added
that through reform and development, China has successfully solved the problem
of feeding 1.3 billion people and lifting 200 million out of poverty.
After
years of efforts, China has found a more scientific development road, which
stresses the resources conservation and environmental protection, he
said.
China firmly carries out an independent foreign policy of peace, and is
willing to develop good-neighbourly relationships with surrounding countries, he
said.
China has taken part in over 100 international organizations and signed
nearly 300 international treaties, and is ready to work shoulder by shoulder
with the international community for the establishment of a new international
political and economic order.
The premier said China is a country that firmly
safeguard world peace, and resolutely oppose terrorism and nuclear
proliferation.
After China's entry in the World Trade Organization, the
country has faithfully fulfilled its commitments, the premier said.
Despite
the fact that China is still a developing country, it has played an active role
in implementing the millennium goal of the United Nations, said the premier,
adding that China has reduced 20 billion RMB yuan of debts for 44 underdeveloped
nations, and in the forthcoming three years, China is scheduled to provide US$10
billion of favorable loans for world's underdeveloped countries.
Xinhua
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