PING Data Sheet China

Name of PING

China

Capital(s)/Population

Beijing/19,612,368 people

Area 9,572,900km Arable Land % 11.3%

Physical Features Great Wall, Yellow River, Yangtze River, Pearl River, Songhua River
Population

1,393,783,836 people Density: 145 people per square mile (km)

Form of Government

Communism

Head of Government/
(Premier of China) Wen Jiabao / Xi Jinping
Head of State
Neighboring Countries: Russia, Mongolia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India,
Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgzstan, Kazakhstan
Crude Birth Rate: 11.93 Crude Death Rate: 7.14 Growth Rate: 0.57
Infant Mortality Rate: 10/1000
Life Expectancy Male: 73.43/Female: 77.43
Literacy Rate: 94.4% Male: 98.2% Female: 94.5%
Main Imports

Crude Petroleum, Integrated Circuits, Iron Ore, Gold and Cars

Main Exports

Computers, Broadcasting Equipment, Telephones, Office Machine Parts

and integrated circuits

Per Capita GNP/GDP 634367.3/10360.1

Currency: Yuan (
Real Growth Rate %: 7.3% Inflation: 2.00
Unemployment: 4.04
Labor Force: total 801,790,592 Ag: 33.6% Ind: 30.3% Serv: 36.1%
Natural Resources:coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony,
manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc,
rare earth elements, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)
Trade Partners: United States, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Australia, Malaysia,
Brazil, Russia