China Info
Full Country Name: The People’s Republic of China
Area: 9,600,000 sq km
Population: 1.3 billion
Capital City: Beijing (pop 12 million)
People: Han Chinese (93%), plus Mongolian, Zhuang, Manchu and Uighur ethnic groups
Language: Putonghua (Beijing dialect mandarin)
Religion: Officially atheist: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism(no stats available); Muslim(14 million), Christian(7 million)
Government: The National People’s Congress
Head of State: Mr. Hu Jintao
GDP: US$4.5 trillion
GDP per head: US$3600
Growth rate: 7.8%
Inflation: 2.8%
Major Industries: Iron, steel, coal, machinery, automobiles, petrolium, chemicals, telecommunications, textiles
Major trading partners: USA, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan
