The United States says China will in the next five years , or even less time to become the world's top industrial countries , their defense industries to support the capacity of military modernization is expected to surpass the United States .
Chinese Defense Minister Liang had recently talked about China's military power , said People's Liberation Army in the satellite , aircraft , tanks , artillery, missiles, warships and submarines in the field of technical level "has been reached or is close to the world leading level . " Liang general remark revealed a CIA already knows the facts: China is investing heavily in the military field . According to CIA estimates, in 2009 , China's military spending accounted for 5.5 trillion U.S. dollars 4.3% of GDP , about 250 billion U.S. dollars . In addition, point to note is that using the same funds , China 's arms were almost twice the Pentagon . At present the real value-added manufacturing in China ranked second in the world , 60% of U.S. output to 70%. In August of this year , China's auto market for the first time more than the United States. According to the American economic forecasters IHS / GlobalInsight predicted that China will in the next five years ( or less time ) to become the world's leading industrial power . China's manufacturing output in August rose 12.3% , while the U.S. figures declined. In this case , the Chinese defense industry 's ability to support military modernization is expected to surpass the United States . After all, China has the world's leading shipbuilders , electronics and chemical products manufacturer, its steel production accounted for half the global total , but also controls 90% of the world's rare earth oxides . Since 1999 , the growth of China's military spending far exceeded its GDP growth rate - the average growth rate of 15% to 19% - of military research and development costs even higher growth rate . In this regard, Liang said that China needs to upgrade military technology by leaps and bounds in order to " effectively safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. " China's military development of its neighbors may feel uneasy . China has claimed Arunachal Pradesh belongs to China, the Indian " sacred territory " , while the Indian media recently reported that Chinese border guards frequently repeated illegal immigrants . As for Japan, China claimed that the Diaoyu Islands and the 250,000 square kilometers of continental shelf contains an energy -rich territory of China . Moreover, China is still the South China Sea territorial disputes with its Southeast Asian neighbors exist . In addition, Beijing has also deployed opposite Taiwan, 1,500 missiles , these missiles powerful deterrent to Taiwan, so aware of its entanglement with the Chinese economy had very , can not be achieved final independence .