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Business in China: Country and People
Here you will get to know more about the administrative structure, the population as well as geographic data of China...
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General administrative structure |
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Official flag of the People's Republic of China
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Conventional short form:
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China
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Conventional long form:
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People's Republic of China
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Total area (km²): 1)
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9.596.960 km²
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Population: 1)
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1.338.612.968 (July 2009 est.)
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Capital:
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Beijing
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Government type: 1)
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Communist state
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Chief of state: 1)
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President Hu Jintao (since 15 March 2003)
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Head of government: 1)
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Premier Wen Jiabao (since 16 March 2003)
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Administrative districts:
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23 provinces (sheng), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu) and 4 municipalities (shi)
23 provinces (sheng):
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- Anhui
- Fujian
- Gansu
- Guangdong
- Guizhou
- Hainan
- Hebei
- Heilongjiang
- Henan
- Hubei
- Hunan
- Jiangsu
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- Jiangxi
- Jilin
- Liaoning
- Qinghai
- Shaanxi
- Shandong
- Shanxi
- Sichuan
- Yunnan
- Zhejiang
- Taiwan - China considers it its 23rd province
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5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu): |
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- Guangxi
- Nei Mongol
- Ningxia
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- Xinjiang Uygur
- Xizang (Tibet)
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4 municipalities (shi) |
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Official language:
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Chinese; most spoken dialects are Standard Mandarin, Wu, Yue, Min, Xiang, Gan and Hakka
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Currency (code):
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Renminbi yuan (RMB)
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Country code:
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0086
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KFZ-Country symbol:
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RC
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Internet country code:
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.cn
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National holiday:
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1 October (1949)
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Age structure (2009 est.):1)
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0-14 years:
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19.8% (m: 140.877.745; f: 124.290.090) |
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15-64 years:
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72.1% (m: 495.724.889; f: 469.182.087) |
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65 years and over:
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8.1% (m: 51.774.115; f: 56.764.042) |
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Median age (2008 est.): 1)
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total:
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34.1 years |
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male:
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33.5 years |
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female:
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34.7 years |
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640.000.000 (2008) |
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14.306.000 (2008) |
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253.000.000 (2008) |
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Geographic location:
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Eastern Asia, between North Korea and Vietnam
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Land boundaries: 1)
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22.117 km
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Border countries:
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- Afghanistan: 76 km
- Bhutan: 470 km
- Burma: 2.185 km
- India: 3.380 km
- Kazakhstan: 1.533 km
- North Korea: 1.416 km
- Kyrgyzstan: 858 km
- Laos: 423 km
- Mongolia: 4.677 km
- Nepal: 1.236 km
- Pakistan: 523 km
- Russia: 3.645 km
- Tajikistan: 414 km
- Vietnam: 1.281 km
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Coastline: 1)
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14.500 km
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Natural resources: 1)
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coal, natural gas, iron ore, nickel, uranium, petroleum, mercury, tin, aluminium, zinc, hydropower potential, manganese, magnetite and lead
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Climate: 1)
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extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north |
Sources of information:
1) CIA World Factbook, updated on 23 April, 2009
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