2019/08/15
Ministry of National Defense Released the Press Release of “Executive Yuan Approved the 2020 National Defense Budget”. (August 15th, 2019)
Executive Yuan Approved the 2020 National Defense Budget
Ministry of National Defense has stated today (15th) that the Executive Yuan sitting has approved the 2020 Central Government General Budget Proposal, and approved a public affair budget of 358 billion dollars for the ministry, which has an additional 17.5 billion dollars compared to the 2019 statutory budget, with a growth of 5.2%. In addition, a foundation budget of 53.3 billion dollars has been incorporated into the overall budget, making the entire national defense budget 411.3 billion dollars, which accounts for 2.26% of the GDP.
Ministry of National Defense pointed out that in order to effectively utilize national defense resources, apart from prioritizing in the satisfaction of the legal obligation cost required for promoting the enlisting system, the obtained budget will also focus on implementing autonomous national defense policy, acquiring advanced weapons and equipment from overseas, refining logistics maintenance energy, as well as cultivating excellent manpower and optimizing care for soldiers and officers, so as to exert the biggest benefit for the budget resources.
Ministry of National Defense emphasized that in order to respond to enemy threats and ensure national security, the continuous and stable growth of national defense budget is able to facilitate the integrity of force rehabilitation program, long term plans, comprehensive elevation of Armed Forces combat capability, and concretely display the self-defensive determination. The Armed Forces will uphold a pragmatic attitude to work together in combat training preparedness, in order to establish reliable combat capability, reinforce self-defensive capability, as well as maintain regional peacefulness and stability. The ministry hereby requests the support of the public.