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General
Information
- The People’s Republic of China is the third largest
country in the world in terms of area and the largest in terms of population.
Its total area is 9.6 million square kilometers and its population is 1.2
billion.
- China has shared borders for centuries with Korea, the former
Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma, Laos
and Vietnam.
- China contains 31 provincial-level divisions grouped by its
former administrative areas from 1949 to 1952, which are now known as
traditional regions.
- Location: East Asia, on the Western Shore of the
Pacific Ocean
- Territory area: 9.6 million square km, second to
Russia and Canada.
- The Capital city: Beijing
- Largest city: Shanghai
- National day: October 1, the country was founded in
1949.
- Voltage: Electric supply in China is 220 volts, 50
cycles AC.
- Climate: Great differences in climate are found from
region to region owing to China's extensive territory and complex topography.
The temperature in China in the winter is 5 to 18 degree centigrade lower than
that in other countries on the same latitude in winter. Monsoon blows into
China from the ocean in summer, bringing with them warm and wet currents, thus
rain. Annual precipitation also varies greatly from region to region; it is as
high as 1,500 millimeters along the southeastern coast. Decreasing landward, it
is less than 50 millimeters in northwest China. Please click here for further
information www.china-travel-guide.com
- Language: “Chinese” or the “Sinitic
language” can be considered a language family
and is originally the indigenous language spoken by the Han Chinese in China. The
standardized form of spoken Chinese is Standard
Mandarin.
- Public holidays: New Year's Day (January 1), the
Spring Festival (the New Year's Day by Chinese lunar calendar), International
Labor Day (May 1), and the National Day (October 1).
- Exchange rate: 1 $=6.92 RMB
- Currency: Yuan (CNY),
also referred to as the Renminbi (RMB)
- Fiscal Year: Calendar Year (01 Jan to 31 Dec)
- Population: China has a population of 1,295.33
million
- Population composition: The males: 51.63%, the
females: 48.37%; people aged below 14: 22.89%; people aged 15-64: 70.15%;
people aged above 65: 6.96%; urban population: 36.09%; rural population:
63.91%.
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