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People's Republic of China
National name: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
President: Jiang Zemin (1993)
Premier: Zhu Rongji (1998)
Area: 3,691,521 sq. mi. (9,596,960 sq. km)1
Population (1999 est.): 1,246,871,951 (average rate of natural increase: 0.81%); birth rate: 15.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 43.3/1000; density per sq. mi.: 338. China has 56 ethnic groups. In 1991, the Han people accounted for 92% of the population
Capital: Beijing
Largest cities : Shanghai: city proper (1990) 8,214,384, metro area (1996 est.) 13,659,000; Beijing (Peking): city proper (1990) 7,362,426; metro. area (1996 est.) 11,414,000; Tianjin (Tientsin): city proper (1990) 5,855,044; metro. area. (1995 est.) 10,687,000. 1990 figs.: Shenyang (Mukden), 4,669,737; Wuhan, 4,040,113; Guangzhou, 3,935,193; Chungking (Chongquing) 3,127,178; Haerbin, 2,990,921; Chengdu, 2,954,872; Xian, 2,872,539.
Monetary unit: Yuan
Languages: Chinese, Mandarin, also local dialects
Ethnicity/race: Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
Religions: Officially atheist but traditional religion contains elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism
Literacy rate: 84%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $4.42 trillion (may be overstated by as much as 25%); $3,600 per capita. Real growth rate: 7.8%. Inflation: –0.8%. Unemployment: officially 3% in urban areas; probably 8%-10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas. Arable land: 10%. Agriculture: rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish. Labor force: 696 million; agriculture 50%, industry 24%, services 26% (1997). Industry: iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear, toys, food processing, autos, consumer electronics, telecommunications. Exports: $183.8 billion (f.o.b., 1998): electrical machinery and equipment, machinery and mechanical appliances, woven apparel, knit apparel, footwear, toys and sporting goods. Imports: $140.17 billion (c.i.f., 1998): electrical machinery and equipment, machinery and mechanical appliances, plastics, iron and steel, scientific and photograph equipment, paper and paper board. Major trading partners: Hong Kong, U.S., Japan, Germany, South Korea, Netherlands, U.K., Singapore, Taiwan, Russia.
