China country profile

State Name: People's Republic of China

Capital: Beijing (Beijing) (population: 12 million)

Area: 9.6 million km2

Population: 1.3 billion (2004 year)

Religion: Taoist, Buddhist, Christian 3% -4%, Muslim 1% -2%

Big Cities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Harbin, Tianjin, and Shijiazhuang.

Official Language: Chinese

Currency: Renminbi (RMB) or Yuan (¥). 1 Yuan = 10 Jiao = 100 Fen.

Management Style: The Socialist Republic

Annual average exchange rate (a dollar of money): 8.1943 Yuan (2005)

Annual population growth (%): 0:59% (2006 est.)

Turkey and the Time Difference: +6:00

International Phone Code: +86

Average Life (2006 est.): 72.58 years
    
Phone: 350,433 million (2005)
    
Mobile Phone: 334,824 million (2004)
    
Internet Connection Issue: 111 million (2005)

Road Length: 1,809,829 km

Length of Highways: 1,447,682 km

Railway Length: 74.408 km

Annual Electricity Consumption: 2.17 trillion kWh (2004)