Introduction
Location:
It is Northwest of the Tibet. The greater part of the country is mountainous.
Its principal ranges are the Tien Shan, the Kunlun chain, and the Trans-Himalaya. These separating China from South and Central Asia. Mt. Everest (8,848 m), lies on the
China–Nepal border, while the world's second-highest point, K2 is situated on
China's border with Pakistan.
Capital:- Beijing
World's second-largest country by land area,and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area.
Area:
9,596,960 sq km
Coastline:
14,500 kilometres
Population: 1,336,718,015(2011 est.)(over 1.3 billion)
Currency: Renminbi (yuan) (¥) (CNY)
Political factors
Government type:
Nominally Marxist–Leninist single-party state. The People's Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China.
President:- HU JINTAO
Prime Minister:- WEN JIABAU
Independence:- 1 October 1949(People's Republic of China )
Economic factors
GDP:- $11.316 trillion (2011 est.)
GDP growth:- 9.5% (2011 est.) (CIA World fact book)
Per capita:- $8,394(2011 est.)
Unemployment Rate:- 6.1%
Inflation rate:- 3.2%
Population below poverty line 10% (2010 est.)
Economic Factors
Labor force: 815.3 million (2010); agriculture 10.2%, industry 46.9%, services 43% (2010 est.).
Exports: $1.581 trillion (2010 est.): machinery and equipment, plastics, optical and medical equipment, iron and steel.
Imports: $1.327 trillion (2010 est.): machinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, optical and medical equipment, organic chemicals, iron and steel.
Socio-cultural factors
Population: 1,336,718,015 (2011 est.)(over 1.3 billion)
Age structure (Yrs)
13,26
16,6
70,14
0-14
15-60
60+
Sex ratio:- 0.95 male(s)/female
51.27 percent male & 48.73 percent female of the total population.
Literacy rate:- 92.8%(2010 est.)
Religions:
Buddhism(50%), Taoism(30%), and