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China |
General
Profile
Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the
East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China
Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam Area: total:
9,596,960 sq km land: 9,326,410 sq km water: 270,550 sq
km Climate: extremely diverse; tropical in south to
subarctic in north Terrain: mostly mountains, high
plateau, desert in west; plains, deltas and hills in
east Capital: Beijing Administrative divisions: 23
provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous
regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4
municipalities (shi, singular and plural) : provinces:
Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei,
Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi,
Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi,
Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang : autonomous regions: Guangxi,
Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang (Tibet) :
municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin
note: China considers Taiwan its 23rd province; see
separate entries for the special administrative regions
of Hong Kong and Macau Population: 1,306,313,812 (2005
est.) Ethnic groups: Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur,
Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean,
and other 8.1% Nationality: noun: Chinese (singular and
plural) adjective: Chinese Languages: Standard Chinese
or Mandarin, Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei
(Fuzhou), Minnan, Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, other
languages (see Ethnic groups entry) Religions: Daoist
(Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4% note:
officially atheist (2002 est.) Literacy: 90.9%
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Political
Profile
Government type: Communist state
Executive branch: • chief of state: President HU Jintao
(since March 2003) • head of government: Premier WEN
Jiabao (since March 2003) ; Vice Premiers HUANG Ju
(since 17 March 2003), WU Yi (since March 2003), ZENG
Peiyan (since March 2003), and HUI Liangyu (since March
2003) • cabinet: State Council appointed by the National
People's Congress (NPC) • elections: president and vice
president elected by the National People's Congress for
five-year term National Holiday: Aniversary of the
Founding of the People’s Republic od China, 1 October
(1950) ACD Member: ACD Member Since 2002 Prime Mover
(PM) on Working Group: None Co-Prime Mover on Working
Group: Energy Security |
Economical
Profile
Currency (code): yuan (CNY) GDP: $8.158
trillion (2005 est.) GDP per capita: $6,200 (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities: Electronic integrated circuits
& microassemblies, motor vehicles and chassis,
furniture, textile garments, footware and parts, toy,
etc. Exports - partners: Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea,
Germany Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment,
oil and mineral fuels, plastics, optical and medical
equipment, organic chemicals, iron and steel Imports -
partners: Japan , Taiwan , South Korea , US , Germany
Agriculture - products: rice, wheat, potatoes, corn,
peanuts, tea, millet, barley, aplles, cotton, oil seed,
pork, fish Industries: mining and ore processing, iron,
steel, aluminum, and other metals; coal; machine
building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum;
chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products, including
footware, toys, and electronics; food processing;
transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail
cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft;
telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch
vehicles and sattlelites Source : The World Fact Book
2005 (www.cia.gov) | |
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