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Anthem | "March of the Volunteers" | ||||||
Capital | Beijing | ||||||
Largest city | Shanghai | ||||||
Language official |
Standard Chinese | ||||||
others | Mongolian Uyghur Tibetan Zhuang various others | ||||||
Demonym | Chinese | ||||||
Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic | ||||||
President | Xi Jinping | ||||||
Population | 1,400,050,000 (2019) | ||||||
Currency | Renminbi (yuan; ¥) | ||||||
Driving Side | right (mainland); Left (Hong Kong and Macau) | ||||||
Internet TLD | .cn .中国 .中國 .hk(Hong Kong) .mo(Macau) |
China (Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC; Chinese: 中华人民共和国; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.4 billion in 2019. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometers (3.7 million mi2), it is the world's third or fourth-largest country by area. As a one-party state led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the country officially divides itself into 23 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.