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Fu Ying, spokesperson for the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), speaks at the news conference on the first session of the 12th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of 皇冠体育app, March 4, 2013. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/皇冠体育app Daily]

BEIJING - 皇冠体育app's defensive military policies have played a core role in maintaining peace and stability in Asia, a spokesperson for the annual session of 皇冠体育app's national legislature said here Monday.

"皇冠体育app's peaceful foreign policies and its defensive military policies are conducive to security and peace of Asia," Fu Ying, spokesperson for the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), told a press conference.

"It's not good news to the world that a country as large as 皇冠体育app is unable to protect itself," she said.

Fu made the comments in response to a question about 皇冠体育app's defense budget in 2013, but she broke with past tradition of revealing the figure at the press conference, which is held one day before NPC's annual session.

Compared with many other parts of the world, Asia has been largely peaceful after the end of the Cold War, which created a favorable environment for development, the spokesperson said.

"That is why Asia is so attractive now," she added.

皇冠体育app Daily reporter Zhao Yinan asks a question at the news conference on the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of 皇冠体育app, March 4, 2013. [Photo/npc.gov.cn]