People’s Republic of China

China is located in the east of Asia, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. The total land area is about 9.6 million square kilometers, and the total sea area is about 4.73 million square kilometers. The length of China's land border is about 22,000 kilometers, and the length of its mainland coastline is about 18,000 kilometers. There are 7,600 islands in the sea area, the largest of which is Taiwan Island with an area of 35,759 square kilometers. At present, China has 34 provincial-level administrative regions, including 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the Central Government and 2 special administrative regions. Beijing is the capital of China.

China is one of the countries with the longest history in the world, with a splendid culture and glorious revolutionary tradition, and leads the world in the number of world Heritage sites.

After the founding of New China in 1949, it entered a period of socialist revolution and construction, and realized the transition to socialism in 1956. Since then, socialist construction has undergone twists and turns in its exploration.

After the end of the "Cultural Revolution", we carried out reform and opening up and concentrated our efforts on socialist modernization along the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics. After years of hard work, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era.

China is the world's most populous developing country, the world's third largest land area, the world's second largest economy, and continues to be the largest contributor to global economic growth, with an economic aggregate exceeding 100 trillion yuan in 2020.

China adheres to an independent foreign policy of peace. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and an important member of many international organizations, China is considered one of the potential superpowers.

Economy China is the world's second largest economy, the world's largest industrial country and the world's largest agricultural country. Based on World Bank's statement, China’s economy grew at a robust rate of 5.0 percent in the first half of 2024, supported by consumer spending on services, exports, and investment in manufacturing and public infrastructure.

However, growth remains uneven with its momentum slowing since the second quarter. Sluggish domestic demand has contributed to low inflation, while weak business confidence, partly due to the ongoing property market downturn, continues to dampen economic activity. To support growth and balance risks, the authorities have signaled further policy easing, with additional stimulus measures announced in September. Growth is projected to slow to 4.8 percent in 2024, down from 5.2 percent in 2023.

Culture Chinese cultural characters evolved from pictures and symbols, and the writing and development of Chinese characters led to the emergence of calligraphy. There were great calligraphers in all dynasties of China, whose calligraphy art and style became the typical representative of the calligraphy of their dynasties.

There are many kinds of Chinese arts and crafts, and many works are called unique works. Arts and crafts can be divided into two categories: special crafts and folk crafts. China maintains its unique system, unique thinking and unique style in the world contemporary music culture, so it is an integral part of the world music with unique contributions.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the history of Chinese music entered an unprecedented new stage and opened a new and more splendid chapter. In vocal music, instrumental music, large-scale musical genres, as well as opera, dance drama, film music and other aspects, have made great development and achievements.

Chinese traditional drama has a unique title -- Xiqu, which, together with Greek tragicomedy and Indian Sanskrit drama, is called the three ancient dramatic cultures in the world. There are more than 300 kinds of Chinese operas, and the main means to express the plot is in the form of song and dance.

Education China has a large number of universities and the largest number of students in the world. In 2023, there will be 1.302 million graduate students enrolled, 3.883 million graduate students enrolled, and 1.015 million graduates enrolled.

Regular and vocational college students enrolled 10.422 million students, 37.75 million students, and 10.47 million graduates. Secondary vocational education enrolled 6.165 million students, 17.379 million students, and 5.371 million graduates.

Regular high schools enrolled 9.678 million students, with 28.036 million students and 8.604 million graduates. The junior high school enrollment was 17.546 million, with 52.437 million students and 16.236 million graduates.

Regular primary schools enrolled 18.779 million students, with 108.36 million students and 17.635 million graduates. Special education enrollment of 155,000, 912,000 students, 173,000 graduates. There were 40,930 million children receiving preschool education in kindergartens.

Public Health By the end of 2023, China had a total of 1.071 million medical and health institutions, including 39,000 hospitals, including 12,000 public hospitals and 27,000 private hospitals. There were 1,016 million community-level medical and health institutions, including 34,000 township hospitals, 37,000 community health service centers (stations), 362,000 out-patient departments (clinics) and 583,000 village clinics; There are 12,000 professional public health institutions, including 3,426 centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 2,791 health supervision centers.

Technology Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially after the reform and opening up in the late 1970s, the scientific and technological level of the People's Republic of China has been greatly improved, and major scientific and technological achievements have been made in the fields of computers, aerospace, bioengineering, new energy, new materials and laser technology.

It will successfully complete 66 space launches in 2023. The Tianzhou-6, Shenzhou-16 and Shenzhou-17 missions have been carried out successively, and China's space station has entered the stage of application and development.  

The world's first fourth-generation high-temperature gas-cooled reactor demonstration project for nuclear power plants was put into commercial operation. The world's first 16 MW offshore wind turbine connected to the grid. The large passenger aircraft C919 was officially put into commercial operation. The first Chinese-made large cruise ship has completed sea trials.

Sports Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, China's sports industry has developed in an all-round way, national fitness has flourished, and competitive sports have made historic breakthroughs. There are more than 1 million sports venues of various types, and more than 650,000 social sports instructors.

During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, Chinese athletes won a total of 634 world championships, setting or surpassing the world record 88 times. The remarkable success of the Beijing Olympic Games and Paralympics fulfilled the century-old aspirations of the Chinese people and became an unparalleled and wonderful event in Olympic history, greatly arousing the patriotic enthusiasm and national pride of the Chinese people.

The Chinese delegation won 51 gold MEDALS, 21 silver MEDALS and 28 bronze MEDALS, ranking first in the gold medal tally. August 8 was designated as "National Fitness Day", becoming the first national sports festival in New China.