General China

Full country name: People's Republic of China

Location: East Asia, on the west coast of Pacific Ocean

Area: 9,596,960 sq km

Population: 1.3 billion (mainland)

Capital city: Beijing (pop. 14 million)

People: Han Chinese (91.9%), plus 55 ethnic minorities

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%.

Official language: Chinese Putonghua (Beijing Mandarin dialect)

Religion: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism (no stats available); Muslim (14 million), Christian (7 million)

Average Life span: 71 years old by the end of 2000

Head of State: Hu Jintao

National Emblem: The five stars have the same meaning with the ones on National Flag.
The golden gear represents the workers. The wheat represents the peasants. The connection of them represents the Worker-Peasant Alliance led by the Working Class of China.
The Castle of Tian'anmen Square represents the great Revolutionary Traditions and magnificent National Spirits of Chinese people. Meanwhile, it is the symbol of Beijing - the capital of People's Republic of China.

National Anthem: the March of the Volunteers. This song was composed by Nie Er and Tian Han in 1932, and adopted as a theme song in the movie Children of Trouble Times in 1935.

National Flag: Five-star red flag, length and width proportion: 3:2.

National Day: October 1, founded in 1949

Currency: Renminbi (RMB) yuan

Weights and Measures: metric system

GDP: 8940.4 billion yuan

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