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Profile of China
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General Information |
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Capital |
Beijing |
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Population |
1,288.83 million (2003) excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao |
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Sex |
Male : 51.6%, Female : 48.4% |
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Area |
9.6 million square kilometers, next only to Russia and Canada |
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Official Languages |
Chinese (mandolin) |
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Currency |
Ren Min Bi |
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Main Cities |
Shanghai ( The largest city in China with a population of 13 million), Tianjin, Dalian, Xian.... |
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Government |
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Form |
People's Republic, China ( socialist state under the people's democratic dictatorship) |
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Head of Government |
President of the People's Republic of China |
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Legislature |
National People's Congress |
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Judiciary |
Supreme People's Court |
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Political Division |
Communist Party of China, multi-party cooperation. |
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National Economy |
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Per Capita |
±$3000 (2001) |
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Gross National Product |
±$4 Trillion (2001) : |
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GDP |
±$1 Trillion (2000) |
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Agriculture |
wheat, maize, rice, sorghum, soybeans, sugar beets and flax.. |
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Mining |
1,001.9 billion tons of coal reserves, Iron reserves of 48.7 billion tons |
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Trading Partners |
U.S.A., Japan, Canada, Korea..... |
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People |
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Urban |
City : 26%, Countryside : 74% |
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Age |
below 14 : 27, 15 - 64 : 67%, above : 6% |
Information provided by the Chinese Embassy