There are six charts in the full text of the white paper "China's National Defense in 2006." They are available in Xinhua's photo service in English.

    -- Chart 1: Comparison between the growth rate of China's defense expenditure and the national residential consumer price index (1989-2005)

    It is placed after paragraph three of "Chapter IX. Defense Expenditure."

    -- Chart 2: Shares of China's annual defense expenditure in the state financial expenditure (1994-2005) (%)

    It is placed after paragraph four of "Chapter IX. Defense Expenditure."

    -- Chart 3: Comparison of China's defense expenditure in 2005 (unit: RMB billion)

    It is placed after Chart 2.

    -- Chart 4: Comparison of defence expenditures of major countries in 2005 (unit: US$ billion)

    It is placed after paragraph eight of "Chapter IX. Defense Expenditure."

    -- Chart 5: Comparison of percentage of defence expenditures in GDP of major countries in 2005

    It is placed after Chart 4.

    -- Chart 6: Comparison of per serviceman share of defense expenditure of major countries in 2005 (unit: US$1,000)

    It is placed after Chart 5, followed by:

    Source of the figures: Defense reports, budget reports or other government reports released by these countries.

    Note: One pound is equivalent to 1.7439 US dollars.

    One Euro is equivalent to 1.3029 US dollars.

    One US dollar is equivalent to 28.5470 Russian rubles.

    One US dollar is equivalent to 106.9998 Japanese yen.

    One US dollar is equivalent to RMB 8.0759 yuan.