Overview
| Capital | Beijing |
|---|---|
| Biggest city | Shanghai |
| Official language | Chinese (Han, Mandarin) |
| Ethnicity | Chinese nationality |
| Religion | No religion (73.56%), Buddhism (15.87%), Christianity (2.53%), Taoism (0.85%), other religions (7.2%) |
| Population | 1,419,936,142 people (November 2020) |
| Area | 9,596,961 square kilometers |
| Currency | Renminbi |
| Head of State (position) | President (Concurrently held by Party General Secretary) |
| Government | Unitary system, One-party system, Socialism, Republic |
| Time zone | UTC+8 |
China (Chinese: 中国), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC; Chinese: 中华人民共和国), 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), it is the world's third or fourth-largest country by area. As a one-party state led by the Communist Party of China, 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.
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