However, due to a lack of transparency, the value of Chinese companies’ arms sales has been either unknown or based on unreli- able estimates. For this reason, the SIPRI Top 100—an annual list of the world’s 100 largest arms-producing and military services companies—has never included Chinese companies.4 This means that Chinese companies cannot be compared to other major arms-producing and military services companies (or ‘arms companies’ for short).
mandag 27. januar 2020
SIPRI, STOCKHOLM: ESTIMATING THE ARMS SALES OF CHINESE COMPANIES
China has invested considerably in the modernization of its arms industry since the 1960s, particularly since 1999.1 One aim of this has been to become self-reliant in the production of advanced weapons and technologies for its armed forces, motivated by China’s security assessments and its moderni- zation goals of 2020, 2035 and 2049. The rise in Chinese arms exports and the increased variety of the types of weapon exported suggest that the country’s state-owned arms industry is already at the forefront of many production sectors.
