Taiwans defense budget will reach a new high of 7.7% year -on -year next year

(Taipei Comprehensive News) As the situation in the Taiwan Strait is becoming increasingly tense, Taiwan ’s national defense budget reached another high in 2025, an increase of 7.7%year -on -year, and has increased for eight consecutive years.

Comprehensive Economic Daily and Bloomberg reported that the Taiwan Executive Yuan passed the total budget of 2025 on Thursday (August 22). This is the first general budget of the Lai Qingde government.Among them, the overall national defense budget will reach 647 billion yuan (NT $ 26.5 billion) next year, setting a record highest in history, an increase of 46.4 billion yuan from the previous year.

Among them, the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense was in charge of 476 billion yuan in the age of 2025, and the special budget of the new fighter procurement and sea and air combat power improvement plan reached 90.4 billion yuan, and non -business special funds reached 80.6 billion yuan.

Taiwan ’s defense budget number will account for about 2.45%next year, which is consistent with the level in recent years. The growth rate of 7.7%exceeds the Taiwan government’ s forecast of 3.26%of the economic growth next year.

Xie Qixian, director of the main planning bureau of the Ministry of National Defense, said that next year, the national defense budget reaches the new high and is related to various national defense politics. In addition, the payment will also reach the peak next year. The budget will be compiled with the needs of payment and defense operations.

At the same time, he emphasized that in accordance with the needs of combat needs, defense operations, weapons and weapons can be obtained, the national finances are comprehensively considered, and the budget required for the list is "we will not compete with other countries."

With the increasingly complicated situation on the two sides of the strait, Beijing and Taipei are increasing their defense budgets.Mainland China ’s military expenditure budget this year was 166.55 trillion yuan (S $ 305.1 billion), a year -on -year increase of 7.2%.