COUNTRY

PRESENTATION
CHINA
BY:
SHIVANAND BHURE
IBS CHENNAI
GEOGRAPHY
T H IN G S O N E S H O U LD
KN O W
ØChina is the third largest country in the
World, just behind Russia and Canada.
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ØCurrency : Renminbi ( RMB )

ØTotal Area: 9.6 Million SQ KM

ØChina's agricultural output is the

largest in the world, only about 15% of its
total land area can be cultivated.
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NATIONAL BIRD &
ANIMAL
Red-crowned Crane Giant Panda
Chinese civilization
Ø 3Sovereigns and 5
Emperors IMPERIAL
Xia Dynasty2100–1600 Qin Dynasty 221 BCE–
BCE 206 BCE
Shang Dynasty1600– Han Dynasty 206 BCE–
1046 BCE 220 CE
Zhou Dynasty1045–256  Western Han
BCE  Xin Dynasty
 Western Zhou  Eastern Han
 Eastern Zhou  Three Kingdoms220–
Spring and Autumn 280
 Period  Wei, Shu & Wu
Warring States Period
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Northern Song
W. Xia
Southern Song
Jin
Yuan Dynasty 1271–1368
Ming Dynasty 1368–1644
Qing Dynasty1644–1911
Ø MODERN
Republic of China 1912–1949
People's Republic
of China (Mainland China) 1949–present
Republic of China (Taiwan)
1945–present
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Ø People's Republic of China
Mainland China

Hong Kong

Macau

Ø Republic of China
Taiwan

Penghu

Kinmen and

Matsu
Economy of the People's
Republic of China
Ø GDP (Nominal)
(2007) $3.42 trillion (ranked 3rd)
(2008) $4.33 trillion (official data)
Ø GDP (PPP) (2008)
$7.8 trillion (ranked 2nd)
GDP per capita (Nominal) (2008)
$3,180 (ranked 104th)
GDP growth rate (2008)
9.0% (official data)
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GDP by sector (2008)
agriculture (primary) (11.3%)
industry (secondary) (48.6%)
services (tertiary) (40.1%)
note: industry includes construction (5.5%)
Population below poverty line(2004)10%
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Labor force (2008)807.7 million
Labor force by occupation (2006)
agriculture (43%), industry (25%), services (32%)
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Unemployment rate (2006)

 4.3% (official); 17% (unofficial)
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Main industries
mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and
other metals, coal; machine building; armaments;
textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals;
fertilizers; consumer products, including footwear,
toys, and electronics; food processing;
transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail
cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft;
telecommunications equipment, commercial space
launch vehicles, satellites
Agricultural products
rice, wheat, potatoes, corn (maize), tobacco,
soybeans, peanuts (groundnuts), tea, millet, barley,
apples, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish
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Natural resources
Coal, iron ore, crude oil, mercury, tin, tungsten,
antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium,
magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium,
hydropower potential (world's largest)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home
(2006)$699.5 billion
Exports (2008)$1.40 trillion f.o.b.
Principal exports (US $ bn) (2006)
 Office machines & data processing equipment
(134.5), Telecommunications equipment (123.6),
Electrical machinery (101.7), Apparel & clothing
(95.4), Miscellaneous manufactures (55.5)
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Main destinations of exports (2007)
US 19.1%, Hong Kong 15.1%, Japan 8.4%, South
Korea 4.6%, Germany 4%
Imports (2008)$1.13 trillion f.o.b.
Principal imports (US $ bn) (2006)
 Electrical machinery (174.8), Petroleum & related
products (84.1), Professional & scientific instruments
(48.6), Metalliferous ores and scrap (44.0), Office
machines & data processing equipment (40.7)
Main origins of imports (2007)
 Japan 14%, South Korea 10.9%, Taiwan 10.5%, US
7.3%, Germany 4.7%
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SOCIAL LIFE & LIFE
STYLE

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CULTURAL FESTIVALS
HOME EQUIPMENTS
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 Education System in
China
Basic education
 Pre-school education,
 Primary education and
 Regular secondary education.
higher education
 Two-and three-year junior colleges(sometimes also called
 short-cycle colleges)
 Four-year colleges, and universities offering programs in
both
 academic and vocational subjects.
adult education
 Workers’ Primary Schools
 Peasants’ Primary Schools, and literacy classes
Have a look @
Megastructures

shanghai super tower

Beijing Water Cube
MAJOR INVENTIONS
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Paper (Han Dynasty (202 BC–AD 220)
Compass (Han Dynasty (202 BC–AD 220)
Gunpowder (Song Dynasty (960–1279)
Printing (650 and 670 AD)
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