作品原文：
PLA 'Not Involved in Arms Race' By Sun Shangwu
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)will not engage in any arms race and its development poses no threat to any country.
That was the firm reassurance from Lieutenant-General Zhang Qinsheng,Deputy Chief of General Staff of the PLA,who said the Chinese army is modernizing to increase its combat abilities in the information age.
The PLA's modernization is open and based on cooperation,said Zhang.
"We do not conceal our intention to build a strong and modern national defense.But we also tell the world candidly that the Chinese defense policy is always defensive in nature',"said Zhang.
The modernization of the Chinese armed forces aims to achieve the ability to defend national sovereignty,security and reunification of the country,according to Zhang,who is in charge ofPLA's foreign affairs.
"China has never joined any military alliance,never sought military expansion,nor built overseas military bases,"he pointed out.
The lieutenant-general said that a lack of understanding and
communication has led to misunderstanding,which resulted in suspicions,concerns and even strong criticism of China's military development.
Quoting an ancient Chinese saying "Seeing is believing",he welcomed more foreign friends to visit the Chinese armed forces themselves.Zhang said that the PLA has invited foreign military observers and military attaches in Beijing to observe live-ammunition war games.
The Chinese army is taking "pro-active and pragmatic" measures to improve transparency of national defense,said Zhang,citing the release of five White Papers on national defense as an example.
The documents painted a clearer picture of China's national defense policy as well as its military development.
At the end of last year,China published the fifth White Paper China's National Defense in 2006 which for the first time put forward China's national security strategy,and also for the first time made public China's nuclear policy and the vision of development of the PLA services and arms.
On foreign exchanges this year,Zhang said the PLA will hold joint military manoeuvers in Russia with members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and continue high-level exchange of visits between the Chinese and US armies.
(China Daily February 2,2007)
譯文：
解放軍副總參謀長：中國不搞軍備競賽
中國人民解放軍 (PLA) 不會參與任何軍備競賽，其發 展對任何國家都不構成威脅。
這是中國人民解放軍副總參謀長章沁生中將的堅定保 證。章沁生表示，中國軍隊正在實現信息時代提高戰斗能力 的現代化過程中。他說，中國人民解放軍的現代化是開放的， 并基于合作。
“我們并不隱瞞我們要建設強大和現代化國防的意圖。 但我們也坦率地告訴世界，中國的國防政策始終是防御性 的，”章說。
據負責中國人民解放軍外事工作的章介紹，中國武裝力 量的現代化旨在實現捍衛國家主權、安全和統一的能力。他 指出：“中國從未加入任何軍事聯盟，也從未尋求軍事擴張， 也沒有在海外建立軍事基地。”
這位中將說，由于缺乏理解和溝通，導致了(國際社會) 對中國軍事發展的誤解，引發了懷疑和擔憂，甚至對中國的 軍事發展提出了強烈批評。
他引用中國古語“眼見為實”,歡迎更多外國朋友親自 訪問中國武裝力量。章說，中國人民解放軍已邀請外國軍事 觀察員和駐北京的軍事武官觀看實彈演習。
章說，中國軍隊正在采取“積極務實”的措施，提高國 防透明度。他以發布五份國防白皮書為例，指出這些文件清 晰地描繪了中國的國防政策以及其軍事發展。
去年年底，中國發布了第五份國防白皮書《2006年中國 的國防》,首次提出了中國的國家安全戰略思想，并首次公 布了中國的核戰略以及中國軍隊各軍兵種的發展戰略思想。
在今年的外交交流中，章表示，中國人民解放軍將與上 海合作組織成員國在俄羅斯舉行聯合軍事演習，并繼續進行 中美兩軍之間的高層交流訪問。
