| People's Republic of China
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Anthem: Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ
义勇军进行曲
(simplified Chinese characters)
義勇軍進行曲
(traditional Chinese characters}
March of the Volunteers
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| Capital |
Beijing
39°55′N 116°23′E / 39.917, 116.383 |
| Largest city |
Shanghai |
| Official languages |
Chinese1
(Pǔtōnghuà, also known as Mandarin) |
| Government |
Socialist republic2 |
| - |
President |
Hu Jintao |
| - |
Premier |
Wen Jiabao |
| Establishment |
| - |
People's Republic declared |
October 1, 1949 |
| - |
Water (%) |
2.83 |
| Population |
| - |
2007 estimate |
1,321,851,8883 (1st) |
| - |
2000 census |
1,242,612,226 |
| - |
Density |
140/km² (72nd3)
3633/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) |
2006 estimate |
| - |
Total |
$10 trillion (2nd) |
| - |
Per capita |
$7,700 (84th) |
| GDP (nominal) |
2006 estimate |
| - |
Total |
$2.68 trillion (4th) |
| - |
Per capita |
$2,040 (110th) |
| Gini (2002) |
44 (medium) |
| HDI (2004) |
▲ 0.768 (medium) (81st) |
| Currency |
Renminbi (RMB¥)3 (CNY) |
| Time zone |
(UTC+8) |
| - |
Summer (DST) |
not observed (UTC+8) |
| Internet TLD |
.cn3 |
| Calling code |
[[+863]] |
| 1 |
General Information of the People's Republic of China, ChinaToday. Retrieved 21 February 2007. In addition to Putonghua (Mandarin), Cantonese is co-official in both Hong Kong and Macau. English is co-official in Hong Kong (SAR); correspondingly, Portuguese in Macau (SAR). Similarly, several minority languages are also co-official with Chinese (Mandarin) in minority areas, viz. Uyghur in Xinjiang, Mongolian in the classical alphabet in Inner Mongolia, Tibetan in Tibet, and Korean in Yanbian, Jilin. |
| 2 |
The role of the government, China, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved on 21-02-2007. |
| 3 |
Information for mainland China only. The Special Administrative Regions of the PRC: Hong Kong, Macau are excluded. In addition, the territories controlled by the Republic of China, which includes the islands of (Taiwan, Kinmen, and Matsu) are also excluded. |
| 4 |
Area rank is disputed with the United States and is sometimes ranked third or fourth (see #Geography and climate). |
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| People's Republic of China
|
|
|
Anthem
Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ
义勇军进行曲
(simplified Chinese characters)
義勇軍進行曲
(traditional Chinese characters}
March of the Volunteers
|
|
|
| Capital |
Beijing
39°55′N 116°23′E / 39.917, 116.383 |
| Largest city |
Shanghai |
| Official languages |
Chinese1
(Pǔtōnghuà, also known as Mandarin) |
| Government |
Socialist republic2 |
| - |
President |
Hu Jintao |
| - |
Premier |
Wen Jiabao |
| Establishment |
| - |
People's Republic declared |
October 1, 1949 |
| - |
Water (%) |
2.83 |
| Population |
| - |
2007 estimate |
1,321,851,8883 (1st) |
| - |
2000 census |
1,242,612,226 |
| GDP (PPP) |
2006 estimate |
| - |
Total |
$10 trillion (2nd) |
| - |
Per capita |
$7,700 (84th) |
| GDP (nominal) |
2006 estimate |
| - |
Total |
$2.68 trillion (4th) |
| - |
Per capita |
$2,040 (110th) |
| Gini? (2002) |
44 (medium) |
| HDI (2004) |
▲ 0.768 (medium) (81st) |
| Currency |
Renminbi (RMB¥)3 (CNY) |
| Time zone |
(UTC+8) |
| - |
Summer (DST) |
not observed (UTC+8) |
| Internet TLD |
.cn3 |
| Calling code |
+863 |
| 1 |
General Information of the People's Republic of China, ChinaToday. Retrieved 21 February 2007. In addition to Putonghua (Mandarin), Cantonese is co-official in both Hong Kong and Macau. English is co-official in Hong Kong (SAR); correspondingly, Portuguese in Macau (SAR). Similarly, several minority languages are also co-official with Chinese (Mandarin) in minority areas, viz. Uyghur in Xinjiang, Mongolian in the classical alphabet in Inner Mongolia, Tibetan in Tibet, and Korean in Yanbian, Jilin. |
| 2 |
The role of the government, China, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved on 21-02-2007. |
| 3 |
Information for mainland China only. The Special Administrative Regions of the PRC: Hong Kong, Macau are excluded. In addition, the territories controlled by the Republic of China, which includes the islands of (Taiwan, Kinmen, and Matsu) are also excluded. |
| 4 |
Area rank is disputed with the United States and is sometimes ranked third or fourth (see #Geography and climate). |
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