China Profile
- Country: China
- Area: 9,572,900 km²
- Capital: Beijing
- Population: 1,242,612,226 inhabitants
- Language: Chinese, Korean, Tibetan dialects, Kazakh, Mongolian
- Religion: non-religious/atheists 63.9%, non-popular Chinese religions 20.1%
- State system: People’s Republic
- Major cities: Shanghai, Dalian, Tianjin, Canton, Macau
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Useful Information About China
- Currency: Yuan Renminbi
- International dialling code: 0086
- International licence plate: VCR
- Driving side: right
- Entry documents: passport with visa
- Required vaccination: yellow fever vaccination and antimalarial prophylaxis
- Electric current: 220V
- Unit of measurement: metric decimal
- Time zones: +8
- Fixed-date holidays: May 4 Youth Day, July 1 Founding of the Chinese Communist Party
- Climate: climatic disparities of up to 30° between north and south. This disparity is increased by altitude and dryness of desert areas. The country mainly has a continental climate; the southeastern sector is affected by monsoons and heavy rainfall in the summer months. Typhoons strike the coasts causing storm surges and flooding.
- Average temperatures:12.2 (−5°C in winter and 26°C in summer)
- Transport: the train is the best way to visit the country. The road system is developed mainly in the eastern coastal regions, where major cities are connected by highways. The most widespread and used means is definitely the bicycle: in fact, there are 300 million in China and Shanghai has over 90 km of cycle paths.
- Airports: Chek Lap Kok, Kai Tak
