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People's Republic of China | |
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 Official area of the People's Republic of China shown in dark red; area claimed but disputed shown in light red. | |
| Capital | Beijing |
| Official languages | Standard Chinese |
| Ethnic groups | 91.51% Han; 55 recognised minorities |
| Religion | State Atheism |
| Demonym(s) | Chinese |
| Government | Unitary socialist one-party state |
| Xi Jinping | |
• Premier | Li Qiang |
| Zhao Leji | |
| Wang Huning | |
| Legislature | National People's Congress |
| Establishment | |
• Unification of China under the Qin Dynasty | 221 BC |
| 1 January 1912 | |
| 1 October 1949 | |
| Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). or 9,671,018 km² (3rd/4th) |
• Water (%) | 2.8 |
| Population | |
• 2010 census | 1,339,724,852 (1st) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (83rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $27.449 trillion (1st) |
• Per capita | $19,559 (79rd) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $15.543 trillion (IMF) $15.224 trillion (China NBS) (2nd) |
• Per capita | $11,074 (70th) |
| Gini (2015) | 46.2 high |
| HDI (2017) |  0.752high · 86st |
| Currency | Renminbi (yuan) (¥) (CNY) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Date format | yyyy-mm-dd or yyyy年m月d日 (CE; CE-1949) |
| Driving side | right, except for Hong Kong & Macau |
| Calling code | +86 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN |
| Internet TLD | .cn.中國.中国 |
a. Simple descriptions of the political structure since the 1980s are no longer possible. b. 9,598,086 km2 (3,705,842 sq mi) excludes all disputed territories. | |
The People's Republic of China (PRC) (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國) is a one-party state in East Asia governed by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It was founded on 1 October 1949. It currently has more than 1.4 billion people (as of 2017). It covers an area of 9.6 million square kilometers.
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