Capital: Beijing
Area: 9 600 000 sq.km
Populations: about 1 300 000 000 (2003)
Neighboring countries: Russia Japan Vietnam Mongolia…
Official language: Chinese
Nationalities: 56 nations.
Main religion: Buddhism
Principal cities: Shanghai, Hongkong, Tai bei…
President: HU Jintao
Party government: CCP (Chinese Communism Party)