About China

Relationship and Controlling Agency for People's Republic of China

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)