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Name (Type of Government):

Peoples Republic of China; Communist State

Capital :

Beijing

Location:

Eastern Asia, bordering the China Sea (between Vietnam and North Korea)

Size (area):

Total (Area): 9,596,960 sq km

·        Land: 9,326,410 sq Km 

·        Water:270,550 sq Km

Climate:

Extremely diverse:

·        South: tropical

·        North: sub arctic

Terrain:

Mostly mountains and high plateaus:

·        West: deserts

·        East: plains, deltas, and hills

Population:

1,298,847,624 (July 2004 est.)

Language:

Standard Chinese or Mandarin

GPD:

Purchasing power parity - $6.449 trillion (2003 est.)

·        Agriculture:  14.8%

·        Industry and Construction: 52.9%

·        Services: 32.3% (2003)

Household Income (or consumption by percentage share):

Lowest:  10%: 2.4%

Highest: 10%: 30.4% (1998)

Providences:

 

Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang,  Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong,  Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang,Tiawan

President:

 

HU Jintao

Industries:

 

China’s mainland
 
Iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear, toys, food processing, automobiles, consumer electronics, telecommunications

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