- Official name
- People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国 · Chinese (Mandarin)
- Capital
- Beijing
- Region
- Eastern Asia
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 1.39 billion
- Area
- 9,706,961 km²
- Currency
- Chinese yuan (CNY)
- Neighbours
- Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam
- Internet / phone
- .cn, .中国, .中國, .公司, .网络 · +86
Where it is
Notable facts
- China is the world’s most populous country alongside India, and its largest exporter of goods.
- Paper, printing, gunpowder and the compass are traditionally counted as its four great inventions.
- Despite spanning about 5,000 km east to west, the whole country officially uses a single time zone.
- The Great Wall is not one wall but a network of fortifications built and rebuilt over some 2,000 years.
World Heritage 61 sites
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Mogao Caves
National dish
China has no national dish, and its eight great regional cuisines differ from each other more than most European countries do. Peking duck is the dish most often named abroad.