China says it will increase military spending by about 7%this year,just days after Donald Trump outlined a boost(boost既可以做动词，也可以做名词。E.g boost the economy/there was a boost in the economy.)to the US defence budget(预算).

　　The scheduled announcement was made ahead of(before)the annual National People's Congress(NPC)in Beijing.

　　China has been modernising its armed forces(使……现代化)recently as its economy expands.

　　China's announced defence budget remains smaller than that of the US(雅思小作文必备句型).But many China observers argue the real figure could be much higher.

　　The announcement marks(标志着,symbolize indicate)the second consecutive year that the increase in(在某个方面的上涨)China's defence spending(spending雅思小作文中常见词汇，the cost,the expenditure)has been below(less than,under)10%following nearly two decades at or above that figure.

　　It means that total spending will account for about 1.3%(雅思小作文常用句式，account for占，同义词有：take up,make up,constitute,occupy,compromise)of the country's projected(预计,同义词有：expected,predicted)GDP in 2017,the same level(同一水平，小作文对比句型)as in recent years,said government spokeswoman(发言人)Fu Ying.

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