Taiwan ’s national defense budget will break through a record high next year. The Taiwan Ministry of National Defense explained that next year coincides with the peak payment of military investment, so the budget demand will definitely be higher than this year.
Comprehensive reports from Taiwan joint newspapers and ETTODAY News Cloud reported that Taiwan ’s Chief Executive Zhuo Rongtai hosted the“ 114 Annual Plan and Budget Review Conference ”on Monday (July 29).A person familiar with the matter revealed that next year, the national defense budget of Taiwan will be about 460 billion yuan (NT $, the same below, the same, S $ 18.8 billion), including special budget and special funds, which is estimated to reach 630 billion yuan, an increase of 5 %.
The general budget is expected to be sent to the Executive Yuan to discuss and pass it in mid -August, and there will be more specific and detailed explanations.
Zhuang Fengguang, director of the Special Fund of the Ministry of Defense, pointed out at a regular press conference of the Ministry of National Defense that in recent years, the national defense budget has grown steadily with the support of the government and the entire people.The peak period of investment and payment, so the demand for budgets will definitely be higher than this year. At present, the Executive Yuan is under review, and the relevant budget will be adjusted a bit.
On the other hand, the Taiwan Audit Department disclosed in a report that as of the end of July last year, more than half of the Taiwan Navy's console warships were not repaired according to the maintenance cycle, which affected the stability of equipment and the use of troops to dispatch, but butIt has also caused officers and soldiers to privately complain that the Audit Department has not considered the continuous oppression of the mainland in recent years, and the reality background of the naval ships must frequently dispatched.
In this regard, Major General Shi Wuzheng, deputy chief of staff of the Taiwan Navy Command, said that the Navy respects the opinions of the Audit Department.He said that the repair of naval ships is implemented in accordance with the plan, but from 2022, in response to the situation on the two sides of the strait, at the same time, the maritime operations on the mainland must cooperate with the adjustment tasks, and the maintenance period will be adjusted.
Shi Wuzheng emphasized that the level and schedule of ship maintenance will be handed over to the shipyard to repair according to the condition of the ship, and it can still maintain the stability of the ship's operation.
