China
China is in Eastern Asia, with its capital at Beijing and an area of about 9,706,961 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- People's Republic of China
- Capital
- Beijing
- Region
- Asia · Eastern Asia
- Area
- 9,706,961 km²
- Languages
- Chinese
- Currencies
- Chinese yuan (CNY)
- Government
- Unitary one-party socialist republic
- Natural resources
- coal, iron ore, helium, petroleum, natural gas, arsenic, bismuth, cobalt, cadmium, ferrosilicon, gallium, germanium, hafnium, indium, lithium, mercury, tantalum, tellurium, tin, titanium, tungsten, antimony, manganese, magnesium, molybdenum, selenium, strontium, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, rare earth elements, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest), arable land
- Industries
- world leader in gross value of industrial output; mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizer; consumer products (including footwear, toys, and electronics); food processing; transportation equipment, including automobiles, railcars and locomotives, ships, aircraft; telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites
- Main exports
- broadcasting equipment, computers, integrated circuits, garments, machine parts
First-level divisions (32)
- Anhui
- Chongqing
- Fujian
- Gansu
- Guangdong
- Guangxi
- Guizhou
- Hainan
- Hebei
- Heilongjiang
- Henan
- Hubei
- Hunan
- Inner Mongolia
- Jiangsu
- Jiangxi
- Jilin
- Liaoning
- Ningxia
- Qinghai
- Shaanxi
- Shandong
- Shanxi
- Sichuan
- Tibet
- Xinjiang
- Yunnan
- Zhejiang
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Tianjin
- Paracel Islands
Major cities
- Shanghai (population 14,987,000)
- Beijing (population 11,106,000)
- Guangzhou (population 8,829,000)
- Shenzhen (population 7,581,000)
- Wuhan (population 7,243,000)
- Tianjin (population 7,180,000)
- Chongqing (population 6,461,000)
- Shenyang (population 4,787,000)
- Dongguan (population 4,528,000)
- Chengdu (population 4,123,000)
- Xi'an (population 4,009,000)
- Hechi (population 3,830,000)
- Nanjing (population 3,679,000)
- Guiyang (population 3,662,000)
- Harbin (population 3,621,000)