Established in June 1 949 65438+1October1,located in the east of Asia and the west coast of the Pacific Ocean? It is a socialist country under the people's democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants;

The national emblem, with the five-star red flag as the national flag and march of the volunteers as the national anthem, consists of the national flag, Tiananmen Square, gears, ears of wheat and rice, and the common language is Mandarin and standardized Chinese characters. Beijing, the capital, is a unified multi-ethnic country with the Han nationality as the main body and 56 ethnic groups.

China's land area is about 9.6 million square kilometers, the coastline of the eastern and southern continents is10.8 million kilometers, and the area of inland and coastal waters is about 4.7 million square kilometers. There are more than 7,600 large and small islands in the sea area, of which Taiwan Province Island is the largest, with an area of 35,798 square kilometers.

China borders 14 countries and is adjacent to the sea of eight countries. The provincial administrative divisions are 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the Central Government and 2 special administrative regions.

China is one of the countries with the longest history in the world, with splendid culture and glorious revolutionary tradition, and the number of world heritage is ahead of the world.

1949 after the founding of new China, it entered the period of socialist revolution and construction. 1956 realized the transition to socialism. Since then, socialist construction has developed in twists and turns in exploration. After the "Cultural Revolution", we carried out reform and opening up and concentrated on socialist modernization along the road of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. After long-term efforts, Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era.

China is the most populous developing country in the world, with the third largest land area and the second largest economic aggregate, and will continue to be the biggest contributor to world economic growth. In 2020, the total economic output will exceed 100 trillion yuan.

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

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China is high in the west and low in the east, which is divided into three steps. The first step is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the southwest of China, with an average elevation of more than 4,000 meters, which is called the "roof of the world". The second step is mainly plateau and basin. In Daxing 'anling, Taihang Mountain, Wushan Mountain, Wuling Mountain and Xuefeng Mountain, the east is the third step along the coast of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, where the population is concentrated.

Topographic areas are plateau (33.30%), mountain (26.04%), plain (18.75%), basin (1 1.98%) and hill (9.90%). China has glaciers, Danxia, loess, desert and karst.

There are Taklimakan Desert and Gobi Desert in the northwest of China, hills and short mountains in the south, and mountains headed by Himalayas in the west, with an altitude of about 6000 meters. On the border between China and Nepal, there is Mount Qomolangma at an altitude of 8,848 meters, which is the highest mountain on earth. The lowest point in China is Lake Aiding in Turpan Depression.

China has a vast territory and diverse climate, but its population is mainly concentrated in temperate and subtropical climate, and there are different degrees of four-season life styles. All localities can be divided into three natural regions: eastern monsoon region, northwest arid and semi-arid region and alpine climate region. Due to the large span between north and south in China, the eastern monsoon region is divided into two parts, the Qinling-Huaihe line as the boundary.

In the eastern monsoon region, the cold and dry north wind blows from high latitudes in winter, and the warm and humid south wind blows from coastal areas at low latitudes in summer. China has a large amount of land resources, but there are many mountains and few plains. At the same time, the proportion of cultivated land and forest land is small, and desert and desert account for more than 12% of the total area.

Among them, cultivated land is concentrated in the eastern plains and basins, forest land is concentrated in remote mountainous areas in northeast and southwest, and grassland is distributed in inland plateaus and mountainous areas. Grassland covers an area of 400 million hectares, which is one of the largest countries in the world, among which Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Qinghai and Tibet are the four major pastoral areas.

China's total water resources reached 2.55 trillion cubic meters, ranking first in the world; Among them, there are many rivers and lakes, and the important rivers are Yellow River, Yangtze River, Xijiang River, Mekong River, Yarlung Zangbo River, Pearl River, Huaihe River, Songhua River and Heilongjiang.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-People's Republic of China (PRC)