中国对国防费实行严格的财政拨款制度。每年的国防费预算都纳入国家预算草案，由全国人民代表大会审查和批准。国家和军队审计机构，对国防费预算及执行情况进行审计监督。近年来，中国政府加强国防费科学化精细化管理，改革创新财经管理制度，推进资产管理改革，加强预算执行监督管理，组织领导干部经济责任审计和经费物资使用的专项审计，提高国防费开支的透明度和规范性，确保国防费的正确有效使用。

九、建立军事互信

    建立军事互信是维护国家安全发展和地区和平稳定的有效途径。中国坚持以增强政治互信为基础，以促进共同安全为目标，遵循平等协商、尊重彼此核心利益和重大安全关切、不针对第三国、不威胁和损害他国安全稳定等原则，推动建立平等、互利、有效的军事互信机制。

China practices a strict system of financial supervision of defense funds. The annual defense budget is incorporated into the annual financial budget draft of the central government, and then submitted to the NPC for review and approval. The auditing offices of the state and the PLA conduct audit and supervision of the defense budget and its enforcement. In recent years, the Chinese government has strengthened systematic and meticulous management of defense expenditure, reformed and innovated financial management systems, pressed forward with reforms in asset management, reinforced budget implementation, supervision and management, and organized auditing of economic responsibilities of military leaders and special auditing of the use of funds and materials. In this way, transparency and standardization of defense expenditure are enhanced, and the proper and effective use of defense funds is ensured.

IX. Military Confidence-Building

Military confidence-building is an effective way to maintain national security and development, and safeguard regional peace and stability. With political mutual trust as the groundwork and common security as the goal, China is promoting the establishment of equal, mutually beneficial and effective mechanisms for military confidence-building, which should be based on the principles of holding consultations on an equal footing, mutual respect for core interests and recognition of major security concerns, not targeting at any third country, and not threatening or harming other countries' security and stability.

    战略磋商与对话

    近年来，中国广泛开展同有关国家在安全与防务领域的战略磋商和对话，增进相互了解和信任，加强沟通与协调。中国已与22个国家建立防务安全磋商对话机制。

    中俄战略协作伙伴关系全面深入发展。中俄两军于1997年建立战略磋商机制。2010年两军总参谋部举行第十三轮战略磋商，双方就国际战略形势、东北亚、中亚、南亚及两军合作等问题达成诸多共识。

Strategic Consultations and Dialogues

In recent years, China has held extensive strategic consultations and dialogues with relevant countries in the field of security and defense to enhance mutual understanding and trust, and to strengthen communication and coordination. To date, China has established mechanisms for defense and security consultation and dialogue with 22 countries.

The strategic and cooperative partnership between Russia and China continues to be comprehensively and vigorously reinforced. The two militaries established a strategic consultation mechanism in 1997. The 13th round of strategic consultations between the two general staff headquarters in 2010 resulted in consensus on the international strategic situation, issues in Northeast Asia, Central Asia and South Asia, and cooperation between the two militaries.