China Country Data
Area: total: 9,596,960 sq km
land: 9,326,410 sq km
water: 270,550 sq km
Climate: extremely diverse tropical in south to subarctic in north
Terrain: mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west plains, deltas, and hills in east
Natural resources: coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential [world's largest]
Population: 1,330,044,605 [July 2008 est.]
Age structure: 0-14 years: 20.1% [male 142,085,665/female 125,300,391]
15-64 years: 71.9% [male 491,513,378/female 465,020,030]
65 years and over: 8% [male 50,652,480/female 55,472,661] [2008 est.]
Nationality: noun: Chinese [singular and plural]
adjective: Chinese
Ethnic groups: Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uyghur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin [Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect], Yue [Cantonese], Wu [Shanghainese], Minbei [Fuzhou], Minnan [Hokkien-Taiwanese], Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages [see Ethnic groups entry]
Capital: name: Beijing
geographic coordinates: 39 55 N, 116 23 E
time difference: UTC+8 [13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]
note: despite its size, all of China falls within one time zone
National holiday: Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, 1 October [1949]
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 11.3%
industry: 48.6%
services: 40.1% [2007 est.]
Labor force: 803.3 million [2007 est.]
Budget: revenues: $674.3 billion
expenditures: $651.6 billion [2007 est.]
Agriculture - products: rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, apples, cotton, oilseed pork fish
Industries: mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal machine building armaments textiles and apparel petroleum cement chemicals fertilizers consumer products, including footwear, toys, and electronics food processing transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites
Exports: $1.217 trillion f.o.b. [2007 est.]
Exports - commodities: machinery, electrical products, data processing equipment, apparel, textile, steel, mobile phones
Exports - partners: US 21%, Hong Kong 16%, Japan 9.5%, South Korea 4.6%, Germany 4.2% [2006]
Imports: $901.3 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, LED screens, data processing equipment, optical and medical equipment, organic chemicals, steel, copper
Imports - partners: Japan 14.6%, South Korea 11.3%, Taiwan 10.9%, US 7.5%, Germany 4.8% [2006]
Currency (code): Renminbi [RMB] note - also referred to by the unit yuan [CNY]
Exchange rates: yuan per US dollar - 7.61 [2007], 7.97 [2006], 8.1943 [2005], 8.2768 [2004], 8.277 [2003]
Airports: 467 [2007]
Railways: total: 75,438 km
standard gauge: 75,438 km 1.435-m gauge [20,151 km electrified] [2005]
Merchant marine: total: 1,775 ships [1000 GRT or over] 22,219,786 GRT/33,819,636 DWT
by type: barge carrier 3, bulk carrier 415, cargo 689, carrier 3, chemical tanker 62, combination ore/oil 2, container 157, liquefied gas 35, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 84, petroleum tanker 250, refrigerated cargo 33, roll on/roll off 9, specialized tanker 8, vehicle carrier 17
foreign-owned: 12 [Ecuador 1, Greece 1, Hong Kong 6, Japan 2, South Korea 1, Norway 1]
registered in other countries: 1,366 [Bahamas 9, Bangladesh 1, Belize 107, Bermuda 10, Bolivia 1, Cambodia 166, Cyprus 10, France 5, Georgia 4, Germany 2, Honduras 3, Hong Kong 309, India 1, Indonesia 2, Liberia 32, Malaysia 1, Malta 13, Marshall Islands 3, Mongolia 3, Norway 47, Panama 473, Philippines 2, Sierra Leone 8, Singapore 19, St Vincent and The Grenadines 106, Thailand 1, Turkey 1, Tuvalu 25, unknown 33] [2007]
Ports and terminals: Dalian, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin
Trade Leads of companies wanting to do business with China
Bosch Valve Assembly 1278 Foor J01 278 - chinahanjipower (
China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Thu 17 May, 2018 9:12 am - chinahanji power co ltd
1 as a specialized manufacturer of diesel fuel injection system our factory has been in this field nearly 28 years bei...
Targeted Countries: China
Dr6018 V4, Support Openwrt Ipq6010 802.11ax 2x2 2.4g5g 2.5gbps Ethernet Port - WallysCommunications (
China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Tue 04 Jan, 2022 7:50 am - atherosclerosisipq6010
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Want To Buy China Mobile Phone Set - Via Quick Buy Import Form (
Usa ) - Offers to Buy and Import - Wed 05 Mar, 2008 8:02 am - contact name md sayedur rahman
want to buy china mobile phone set
country destination bangladesh
address
md sayedur rahman
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Targeted Countries: China
Supply Windshield And Windscreen And Automobile Glass - Zgl249884833 (
China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Sun 16 Mar, 2008 6:53 am - guangzhou dongxu automobile glass co ltd is one of the leading professional automotive safety glass and pvb manufacturer and exporter in china su...
Targeted Countries: China
Playground Equipment - Cowboytoys (
China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Mon 14 Apr, 2008 2:16 am - the guangzhou cowboy toys co ltd is a leading manufactuer and exporter of toys in china our main products include playground equipments inflatab...
Targeted Countries: China
Associates / Partners Required To Promote Garment / Apparel Industry Software - Jeevan Infotech (
India ) - Wanted International Agents and Distributors - Mon 14 Apr, 2008 6:57 am - dear sir madam
we introduce ourselves as jeevan infotech india pvt ltd a premier it company based in coimbatore s india who are into develop...
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Want To Buy Imidacloprid 95%tc - Xingyu (
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Targeted Countries: China
Mobility Scooter - Jjsjjs01 (
China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Fri 30 May, 2008 2:19 am - 1 amp #12289 bicycles are the most efficient form of human transportation and only thing they burn is calories cinsider whether bike commuting migh...
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Mart Cart - Jjsjjs01 (
China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Fri 30 May, 2008 2:43 am - •designed specifically for shopping
•build on the proven 5 series chassis
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Targeted Countries: China China
Want To Buy Bedsheet, Comforter - Via Quick Buy Import Form (
Usa ) - Offers to Buy and Import - Sat 14 Jun, 2008 4:44 pm - contact name zoheab
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address
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Targeted Countries: China
Looking For Oem Manufacturer For Small Electronic Product - Amphasis (
Singapore ) - Offers to Buy and Import - Mon 16 Jun, 2008 3:56 pm - we are looking for oem manufacturer for all kind of small electronics products please contact us if you think we can work together please visit our ...
Targeted Countries: China Vietnam
Otr Tyre - Topowertyre (
China ) - Offers to Sell and Export - Wed 02 Jul, 2008 6:38 am - otr tyre patt e4
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Targeted Countries: China