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China

  • President:Xi Jinping
  • Premier:Li Keqiang
  • Capital city:Beijing
  • Languages:Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry) note: Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:1,386,395,000 (2017)
  • Area, sq km:9,388,211 (2017)
  • GDP per capita, US$:8,827 (2017)
  • GDP, billion current US$:12,237.7 (2017)
  • GINI index:42.2 (2012)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:78 (2017)

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