Country Presentation

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. Ø 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. Ø

NATIONAL BIRD & ANIMAL Red-crowned Crane

Giant Panda

Chinese civilization Ø 3Sovereigns and 5 Emperors Xia Dynasty2100–1600 BCE Shang Dynasty1600– 1046 BCE Zhou Dynasty1045–256 BCE  Western Zhou  Eastern Zhou Spring and Autumn  Period Warring States Period

IMPERIAL Qin Dynasty 221 BCE– 206 BCE Han Dynasty 206 BCE– 220 CE  Western Han  Xin Dynasty  Eastern Han  Three Kingdoms220– 280  Wei, Shu & Wu  

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 

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)   

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%  Labor force (2008)807.7 million Labor force by occupation (2006) agriculture (43%), industry (25%), services (32%) 

Unemployment rate (2006)   

4.3% (official); 17% (unofficial)

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 

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)  

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

Chinese Dress Adornments

Bare - back Prom Dress Traditional Phoenix Price: USD89.9 Chrysanthemum Cheongsam Price: USD29.9

Guardian Dragon Long Dress Price: USD72.9

FASHION

Education System in China Basic education   

Pre-school education, Primary education and Regular secondary education.

higher education   

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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   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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