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How Evolving Dual-Use Technologies Are Improving China's Readiness for Modern Warfare
24.03.2022
China’s military has begun to embrace emerging technologies in an effort to narrow the gap in military power with the United States. Dual-use technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data have been incorporated into military strategy and will play a major role in China’s future plans, according to an article in the South China Morning Post by Megha Purdy and Arjun Gargeyas, research analysts at the Takshashila Institute, a public policy think tank in Bangalore, India.

of the National People’s Congress, Premier Li Keqiang presented a financial report that said 1.45 trillion yuan ($230 billion) would be spent on defense in 2022. While that figure is up from last year, it is still less than the U.S. military budget, which is expected to reach $770 billion. That highlights the significant gap in U.S. and Chinese military power, which China is seeking to narrow by modernizing its military and making greater use of technology.

Beijing is working to incorporate modern technologies into the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Over the past two decades, China's armed forces have begun to embrace critical and emerging technologies through the development of space and electronic warfare capabilities.

The Chinese military has focused on cameroon mobile database combat capabilities specific to the digital and information age in the 2010s , as evidenced by the 2013 Science of Military Strategy and the 2015 White Paper on Military Strategy, which specifically mention outer space, electromagnetic space, and cyberspace.

This led to the creation of the Strategic Support Forces, a PLA unit dedicated to cyber warfare, electronic warfare and the use of other technologies in military operations.

China's strategic concept of "shashujian" aims to develop "killer mace" or "silver bullet" technologies that can narrow the gap between U.S. and Chinese military power. This effort manifests itself in policies, orders, and plans that push for the development of dual-use technologies.

The two terms, “informatization” and “intellectualization,” reflect the importance of technology to the Chinese military. Informatization refers to the use of new information and communication technologies. Its application in the military is also consistent with the goals of digitalization of the armed forces.