People's Republic of China

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The People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国, Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó)


Official flag	Official Coat of Arms

National information

National motto:

(none)

National anthem:

March of the Volunteers

About the people

Official languages:

Chinese language
Mandarin - official spoken language except the areas where Cantonese, English or Portuguese is the official language (such as Hong Kong or Macao).

Population: (# of people)

- Total:

1,306,314,812 (ranked 1)

- Density:

140/km² per km²

Geography / Places

Here is the country on a map of the world.

Largest city:

- Total:

9,596,960 km² (ranked 3)

- Water:

not available km² (2.18%%)

Politics / Government

Established:

October 1st (1949)

Leaders:

President Hu Jintao
Premier Wen Jiabao

Economy / Money

Currency:
(Name of money)

Renminbi (RMB¥.) Hong Kong Dollar (HKD$.) and Macau Pataca (MOP)

International information

Time zone:

+08:00

Telephone dialing code:

86 (With the exception of Hong Kong(852) and Macau(853))

Internet domain:

.cn / .hk /.mo

The People's Republic of China (Chinese language: Simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国, Traditional Chinese:中華人民共和國) is a communist country in eastern Asia. It was founded by the Communist Party of China on 1 October, 1949. It has the most people of any country in the world (over 1.3 billion people).

There are 56 different ethnic groups in China, with Han the majority (92%). The Communist Party of China controls the government. Mandarin Chinese is the main spoken language.

The capital city is Beijing, and Shanghai is the biggest city. The United Kingdom gave China control of Hong Kong in 1997, and Portugal gave China control of Macao in 1999. These two cities remain partially self-governed. The central government controls their defense and foreign affairs, but not most of their everyday laws for 50 years. The island of Taiwan is claimed by the People's Republic of China as its province but it does not have control of Taiwan. Taiwan is currently a democratic island country officially known as the Republic of China (Taiwan).