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)
译文：
解放军副总参谋长：中国不搞军备竞赛
中国人民解放军 (PLA) 不会参与任何军备竞赛，其发 展对任何国家都不构成威胁。
这是中国人民解放军副总参谋长章沁生中将的坚定保 证。章沁生表示，中国军队正在实现信息时代提高战斗能力 的现代化过程中。他说，中国人民解放军的现代化是开放的， 并基于合作。
“我们并不隐瞒我们要建设强大和现代化国防的意图。 但我们也坦率地告诉世界，中国的国防政策始终是防御性 的，”章说。
据负责中国人民解放军外事工作的章介绍，中国武装力 量的现代化旨在实现捍卫国家主权、安全和统一的能力。他 指出：“中国从未加入任何军事联盟，也从未寻求军事扩张， 也没有在海外建立军事基地。”
这位中将说，由于缺乏理解和沟通，导致了(国际社会) 对中国军事发展的误解，引发了怀疑和担忧，甚至对中国的 军事发展提出了强烈批评。
他引用中国古语“眼见为实”,欢迎更多外国朋友亲自 访问中国武装力量。章说，中国人民解放军已邀请外国军事 观察员和驻北京的军事武官观看实弹演习。
章说，中国军队正在采取“积极务实”的措施，提高国 防透明度。他以发布五份国防白皮书为例，指出这些文件清 晰地描绘了中国的国防政策以及其军事发展。
去年年底，中国发布了第五份国防白皮书《2006年中国 的国防》,首次提出了中国的国家安全战略思想，并首次公 布了中国的核战略以及中国军队各军兵种的发展战略思想。
在今年的外交交流中，章表示，中国人民解放军将与上 海合作组织成员国在俄罗斯举行联合军事演习，并继续进行 中美两军之间的高层交流访问。
