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China PR

People's Republic of China
  • 中华人民共和国
  • Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó
Flag National Emblem
Anthem: 

Area controlled by the People's Republic of China shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.
Capital Beijing
39°55′N 116°23′E / 39.917°N 116.383°E / 39.917; 116.383
Largest city Shanghai
Official languages Standard Chinese (aka Putonghua)
Cantonese
Recognised regional languages
Official written language Vernacular Chinese
Official script Simplified Chinese
Ethnic groups
Demonym Chinese
Government Unitary socialist one-party state
 •  Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping
 •  Premier Li Keqiang
 •  Congress Chairman Zhang Dejiang
 •  Conference Chairman Yu Zhengsheng
 •  First-ranked Secretary of the Secretariat Liu Yunshan
 •  Secretary of Discipline Inspection Commission Wang Qishan
 •  First Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli
Legislature National People's Congress
Formation
 •  First pre-imperial dynasty of China established c. 2070 BC 
 •  First unification of imperial China under the Qin dynasty 221 BC 
 •  Republic established 1 January 1912 
 •  People's Republic proclaimed 1 October 1949 
 •  Current constitution 4 December 1982 
 •  1992 Consensus 3 November 1992 
Area
 •  Total 9,596,961 km2 (3rd/4th)
3,705,407 sq mi
 •  Water (%) 2.8%
Population
 •  2015 estimate 1,376,049,000 (1st)
 •  2013 census 1,339,724,852 (1st)
 •  Density 145/km2 (83rd)
373/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2016 estimate
 •  Total $20.853 trillion ()
 •  Per capita $15,095 ()
GDP (nominal) 2016 estimate
 •  Total $11.383 trillion ()
 •  Per capita $8,239 ()
Gini (2015) 46.2
high
HDI (2014) Increase 0.727
high · 90th
Currency Renminbi (yuan; ¥) (CNY)
Time zone China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Date format
  • yyyy-mm-dd
  • or yyyymd
  • (CE; CE-1949)
Drives on the right
Calling code +86
ISO 3166 code CN
Internet TLD
China
"China" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Literal meaning Middle or Central State
People's Republic of China
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Tibetan name
Tibetan ཀྲུང་ཧྭ་མི་དམངས་སྤྱི
མཐུན་རྒྱལ་ཁབ
Zhuang name
Zhuang Cunghvaz Yinzminz Gunghozgoz
Mongolian name
Mongolian Bügüde nayiramdaqu dumdadu arad ulus, ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
Uyghur name
Uyghur
جۇڭخۇا خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىت