| China : Geographic coordinates |
35 00 N, 105 00 E |
| China : Population growth rate |
0.494% (2010 est.) |
| China : Birth rate |
12.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| China : Death rate |
6.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| China : People living with HIV/AIDS |
700,000 (2007 est.) |
| China : Independence |
221 BC |
| China : National holiday |
Republic of China, 1 October |
| China : Constitution |
4 December 1982 |
| China : GDP |
purchasing power parity - $8.789 trillion (2009 est.) |
| China : GDP - per capita |
purchasing power parity -$6,600 (2009 est.) |
| China : Electricity - consumption |
3.438 trillion kWh (2008 est.) |
| China : Exports |
$232 billion machinery and equipment; textiles and clothing, footwear, toys and sporting goods |
| China : Imports |
$197 billion machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, plastics, iron and steel, chemicals |
| China : Telephones |
365.6 million (2007) |
| China : Mobile cellular |
634 million (2008) |
| China : Radio broadcast stations |
AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45 (1998) |
| China : Radios |
417 million |
| China : Television broadcast stations |
3,240 (of which 209 are operated by China Central Television, 31 are provincial TV stations, and nearly 3,000 are local city stations) (1997) |
| China : Televisions |
400 million |
| China : Internet country code |
.cn |
| China : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
14.156 million (2009) |
| China : Internet users |
298 million (2008) |
| China : Railways |
77,834 km |
| China : Highways |
3,583,715 km (includes 53,913 km of expressways) (2007) |
| China : Waterways |
110,000 km navigable (2008) |
| China : Pipelines |
gas 32,545 km; oil 20,097 km; refined products 10,915 km (2009) |
| China : Ports and harbors |
Dalian, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin |
| China : Merchant marine |
1,826 ships |
| China : Airports |
482 (2009) |
| China : Heliports |
45 (2009) |
| China : Military branches |
People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (includes airborne forces), and Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed Police (PAP); PLA Reserve Force (2010) |
| China : Military expenditures |
4.3% of GDP (2006) |
