China Statistics

Country Name: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Government Type: Socialist Republic
Capital: Beijing
Time Difference: +8 of GMT, across four time zones. Beijing, the capital of China, is located in the Eastern 8th Zone, “Beijing Time" is the standard for the whole country.
Official Currency: Renmingbi(RMB)
International Calling Code: +86
Ethnic Groups: Persian 61%, Azeri 16%, Kurd 10%, Lur 6%, Baloch 2%, Arab 2%, Turkmen and Turkic tribes 2%, other 1%
Total Land Area: 9.6 million square kilometers,
Date of Establishment of the People’s Republic of China: October 1, 1949
Total Population: 1.37 billion (2014)
GDP: US$67.7 Trillion (2015)
China Administrative Divisions:
Provinces, Autonomous Regions and Municipalities: China has 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities and 2 Special Administrative Regions - Hong Kong and Macao
Main Ports of Entry:
Air: Beijing, Chengdu, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hohhot, Hong Kong, Kunming, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Tianjin, Urumqi, Xiamen and Xi'an.
Land: Alataw, Baketu, Erenhot, Friendship Pass, Hunchun, Ji'an, Kunjirap, Manzhouli, Mohe, Nyalam (Zhangmu), Pingxiang, Ruili, Suifenhe, Tumen, Wanding, Xunke and Yadong.
Water: Beihai, Dalian, Dangdong, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hankou, Huangpu, Jiujiang, Lianyungang, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Sanya, Shanghai, Shantou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Weihai, Yangzhou, Yantai, Zhangjiang and Zhenjiang.
Armed Force: The People's Liberation Army (PLA)
The Ruling Party: The Communist Party of China (CPC)
The President: XI Jinping

Official Holidays:
New Year's Day: January 1
Chinese Lunar New Year's Day: (Between January and February (The exact date varies, depends on the Lunar Calendar, Chinese New Year's Day in 2011 is Feb. 3. is the Year of Rabbit in Chinese calendar.
Labor Day: May 1;
National Day: October 1

The working days are from Monday to Friday. Most people do not work on weekend. Official hours are from 8:00am to 17:00pm with one hour for lunch.
China's Major Rivers: China has 50,000 rivers each covering a catchment area of more than 100 square kilometers, and 1,500 of them cover a catchment area exceeding 1,000 square kilometers. Most of them flow from west to east to empty into the Pacific Ocean. Main rivers include the Yangtze (Changjiang), Yellow (Huanghe), Heilong, Pearl (Zhujiang River), Liaohe, Haihe, Qiangtang and Lancang. The Yangtze of 6,300 kilometers is the longest river in China. The second longest Yellow River is 5,464 kilometers. The Grand Canal from Hangzhou to Beijing is a great water project in ancient China. It is of 1,794 kilometers, making it the longest canal in the world.
China's Religions: China is a multi-religious country. Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism, with the first three being more wide spread.Various religions exert different influence on different ethnic groups. Islam is followed by the Hui, Uygur, Kazak, Kirgiz, Tatar, Dongxiang, Salar and Bonan nationalities; Buddhism and Lamaism are followed by the Tibetan, Mongolian, Dai and Yugur nationalities; Christianity is followed by the Miao, Yao and Yi nationalities; Shamanism is followed by the Oroqen, Ewenki and Daur nationalities; the majority Han nationality believes in Buddhism, Christianity and Taoism.
China Civil Electrical Power: AC 220 V, 50 Hz (bathrooms of many luxury and medium-grade hotels may have 110-volt sockets).
China Telephone Area Code: Mainland China 86; Hong Kong 852; Mcacu 853; Taiwan 886. (Special Telephone Numbers: Police 110; Fire 119; Emergency 120.)

China Road Drive Side:
Continental China: on the right
Hong Kong: on the left
Macau: on the left
Taiwan: on the right