Official Name: People's Republic of China

For many Centuries China had the World's  most advanced civilization   

Geography

 China is in East Asia, the world’s largest country by population and

 one of the largest by area, measuring about the same size as

 the United States.

 

The Total area of China is 9,571,300 sq km (3,695,500 sq mi)

 including inland waters  

China borders Attached with

Cities:

 Capital Is Beijing

 Other major cities

•  Shanghai
•  Tianjin
•  Shenyang
•  Wuhan
•  Guangzhou
•  Chongqing
•  Harbin
•  Chengdu
  
  

Climate: Tropical in south to sub arctic in north.

Nationality:  Chinese

Population : 1.251 billion

Population growth rate: 1%

Ethnic groups:

•  Han Chinese 
•  Zhuang
•  Manchu
•  Hui
•  Miao
•  Uygur
•  Yi
•  Mongolian
•  Tibetan
•  Buyi
•  Korean
•  Other nationalities 8.1%

Religions:

•  Officially atheist
•  Taoism
•  Buddhism
•  Islam
•  Christianity

Language:

• Mandarin (or Putonghua)  spoken by more than 70% of the population 

Non-Chinese languages are

•  Mongolian
•  Tibetan
•  Uygur and other Turkic languages (in Xinjiang)
•  Korean (in the northeast)

Literacy Rate Is 82%

Economy:

GDP : $991.2 billion

Per capita GDP : $782.4

GDP real growth rate : 7.1%

Natural Resources:

•  Coal
•  Iron ore
•  Crude oil
•  Mercury
•  Tin
•  Tungsten
•  Antimony
•  Manganese
•  Molybdenum
•  Vanadium
•  Magnetite
•  Aluminum
•  Lead
•  Zinc
•  Uranium
•  Hydropower potential (world's largest)

Agriculture:

 Products

•  Among the world's largest producers of rice
•  Potatoes
•  Sorghum
•  Peanuts
•  Tea
•  Millet
•  Barley

 commercial crops include

•  Cotton
•  Other fibers and oilseeds
•  Produces variety of livestock products.

Major Industry Types

•  Iron
•  Steel
•  Coal
•  Machinery
•  Light industrial products
•  Armaments
•  Petroleum

Exports $194.7 billion

Main Exports Areas

•  Textiles
•  Garments
•  Electrical machinery
•  Furniture
•  Foodstuffs
•  Chemicals
•  Footwear
•  Minerals