CHINA

Beijing
East Asia
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Comes from the Sanskrit Cina

(Chinese Qin Dynasty, pronounced ‘Chin’)
which was translated as ‘Cin’.
People’s Republic of China (PRC)

World’s most populous country

World’s second largest state by

land area and third/fourth largest
by total area
Chinese New Year
(Spring Festival)
Every turn of traditional
lunisolar Chinese calendar
One child policy
 PEOPLE

1,411,838,218
Chinese
Male population 51.20 %
Female Population 48.80 %
Total population literacy rate 96.40 %
 As a communist country, china has
no official religion.

Buddhism 18.2%
Traditional Folk Beliefs
(feng shui and worshipping 21.9%
Caisen (God of Wealth)).
Christianity 5.2%
Islam 1.8%
Taoism 0.7%
Unaffiliated 52.2%
Chinese
Yuan
Renminbi
(official currency)

1 = 7.65 Philippines Peso

 Mandarin
(official language)
Women:
Qi Pao
 Men:
Tang Zhuang
 POLITICAL ASPECT

A semi-presidential socialist republic

run by a single party, the
communist party of china.
 State power within the People's
Republic of China (PRC) is exercised
through the Communist Party,
the Central People Government and
their provincial and local representation
 A POLITBURO
(political bureau) is
the executive
committee for Communist
Parties.
 A communist party is a political
party that advocates the application of the
social and economic principles
of communism through state policy.
The Chinese Communist Party is the
world's largest political party, holding
nearly 78 million members at the end
of 2009 which constitutes about 5.6%
of the total population of mainland
China.
 Xi Jiping
President
22 October 2007
Li Keqiang
Prime Minister
22 October 2007
ECONOMIC STABILITY

World’s second largest economy by

nominal GDP.

World’s largest economy by purchasing

power

World’s fastest growing major economy

 The country has an estimated
$23 trillion worth of natural
resources, 90% of which are coal
and rare earth materials.
 World’s factory

Largest manufacturing economy and exporter

of goods

World’s fastest growing consumer market and

second-largest importer of goods.
Second largest trading nation in
the world and plays a prominent
role in International trade.
 Main Industries

Mining, Ore processing, Coal,

petroleum, textile, cement,
chemicals, fertilizers, automobiles,
electronics, consumer products,
ships, aircrafts
 Total GDP

$11.9 trillion (nominal; 2017)

$23.2 trillion (PPP; 2017)
 MILITARY STRENGTH
Chinese People's
Liberation Army (PLA)
is the armed forces of
the People's Republic of
China (PRC)
and Communist Party of
China (CPC)..
 The PLA consists of five
professional service branches:
the Ground Force, Navy, Air
Force, Rocket Force, and
the Strategic Support Force
 The PLA is the world's largest military
force, with a strength of approximately
2,285,000 personnel, 0.18% of the country's
population. It is the fastest growing and
modernizing military power in the world,
with significant defense and global power
projection capabilities.
 $ 623,007,000

Second largest defense budget

Great Wall of China
Forbidden City
 The international
border
between Tibet,
China
and Nepal runs
across its summit
point
Mount Everest