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P. R. China

People's Republic of China
  • 中华人民共和国
  • Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó
Anthem: 
Area controlled by the People's Republic of China shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.
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
Official script Simplified Chinese
Recognised regional
languages
Ethnic groups
Religion See Religion in China
Demonym Chinese
Government Unitary one-party socialist republic
Xi Jinping
• Premier
Li Keqiang
Li Zhanshu
Wang Yang
• First Secretary of the Party Secretariat
Wang Huning
Zhao Leji
• First Vice Premier
Han Zheng
Wang Qishan
Legislature National People's Congress
Formation
221 BCE
1 January 1912
21 September 1949
1 October 1949
4 December 1982
20 December 1999
Area
• Total
9,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi) (3rd/4th)
• Water (%)
2.8%
Population
• 2016 estimate
1,403,500,365 Increase (1st)
• 2010 census
1,339,724,852 (1st)
• Density
145/km2 (375.5/sq mi) (83rd)
GDP (PPP) 2018 estimate
• Total
$25.238 trillion (1st)
• Per capita
$18,066 (79th)
GDP (nominal) 2018 estimate
• Total
$14.092 trillion (2nd)
• Per capita
$10,087 (71st)
Gini (2015) 46.2
high
HDI (2016) Increase 0.738
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 (Chinese characters).svg
"China" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
PRC (Chinese characters.svg
"People's Republic of China" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Literal meaning "Middle Kingdom" 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 جۇمھۇرىيىتى
Manchu name
Manchu script ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ
ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠᡳᡵᡤᡝᠨ
ᡤᡠᠨᡥᡝ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ
(ᡩᡡᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ
ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ)
Romanization Dulimbai niyalmairgen gungheg' gurun(Dulimbai Gurun)

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