China has 200,000,000 military fit men (information is from the CIA fact book 2000 AD)
Military branches: People's Liberation Army (PLA), which includes the Ground Forces, Navy (includes Marines and Naval Aviation), Air Force, Second Artillery Corps (the strategic missile force), People's Armed Police (internal security troops, nominally subordinate to Ministry of Public Security, but included by the Chinese as part of the "armed forces" and considered to be an adjunct to the PLA in wartime)
Military manpower military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 361,267,706 (1999 est.)
Military manpower fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 198,398,601 (1999 est.)
Military manpower reaching military age annually:
males: 10,273,696 (1999 est.)
Military expenditures dollar figure: $12.608 billion (FY99); note-Western analysts believe that China's real defense spending is several times higher than the official figure because several significant items are funded elsewhere
Military expenditures percent of GDP: NA%