Capital city: Beijing
Land area: total: 9,596,960 sq km
Population: 1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.)
Life expectancy: 72.27 years
Religions: Daoist ( Taoist ), Buddhist, Muslim,1%-2% Christian 3%-4%
Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write:
Currency Code: yuan (CNY)
3 cool facts on china (1.) In late 1978 the Chinese leadership began moving the economy from a sluggish, inefficient, Soviet-style centrally planned economy to a more market-oriented system. Whereas the system operates within a political framework of strict Communist control, the economic influence of non-state organizations and individual citizens has been steadily increasing.
(2.) The Great Wall of China is 5,000 KM long that’s very long.
(3.) The Great Wall of China is almost over 200 years old that’s very old.