CHINA

Presented by:
Pranav Kaul
Rakesh
RichaSharma
Priyanka Rana
Ramanjeet Kaur

Presented by:
Pranav Kaul
INTRODUCTION
•China is seen variously as an ancient civilization
extending over a large area in East Asia.
•China is one of the world's oldest civilizations.
•Full Name – People’s Republic of China (PRC)
established in 1949, commonly known as Chinhe
word "China" is derived from Cin‫)چین‬, a Persian name
for China popularized in Europe by Marco Polo
 Both these words are derived from the
Sanskrit word Cīna (चीन)
 President--Hu Jintao
 Capital- Bijing
 Total area: 9,596,961 sq. km- 3rd place after
Russia & Canada.
 Nationality: Chinese .
 Population (July 2010 est.): 1,330,141,295.
 Education: Literacy--93%.
 Per capita GDP : 4.814 trillion
• Neighboring Countries- India ,Japan
Pakistan, Nepal, Mongolia, Kazakhstan,
Burma.
• Religon- Bhuddism, Muslims, Christians
• Politcal view- Communilism
 HISTORY OF CHINA

• ANCIENT
3 Sovereigns and 5 Emperors
Xia Dynasty 2100–1600 BCE
Shang Dynasty 1600–1046 BCE
Zhou Dynasty 1045–256 BCE  
•IMPERIAL
Qin Dynasty 221 BCE–206 BCE
Han Dynasty 206 BCE–220 CE  
Ming Dynasty 1368–1644
Qing Dynasty 1644–1911
MODERN
- Republic of China 1912–1949 (Taiwan)
- People's Republic of China(PRC)1949–present

Civil War (1949–present)

After its victory in the Chinese Civil War, the Communist Party of China
(CCP) led by Mao Zedong gained control of most of Mainland China.
Opium War(1839)
British Marchants begun to trade in China in late 18th century.
China tried to halt the import.
In 1989 british fought with chinese and battle was called opium war.
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GREAT WALL OF CHINA

The Great Wall is over 2000 years old and was built over a period of 1000 years. Stretching 4500
miles from Korean to the Gobi Desert it was first built to protect China from marauders from the
north.
 ECONOMY

•Per capita GDP : $3,678 (exchange rate-

based).

•Natural resources: Coal, iron ore, petroleum,

natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony,
manganese, molybdenum, vanadium,
magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium,
hydropower potential (world's largest).
•Agriculture: Products--Among the world's largest producers of rice,
wheat, potatoes, corn, peanuts, tea, millet, barley; commercial crops
include cotton, other fibers, apples, oilseeds, pork and fish; produces
variety of livestock products.
•Industry: Types--mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum,
and other metals, coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and
apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products,
including footwear, toys, and electronics; food processing;
transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and
locomotives, ships, and aircraft; telecommunications equipment,
commercial space launch vehicles, satellites.
•Trade
•Exports (2009)--$1.194 trillion: electrical and other machinery,
including data processing equipment, apparel, textiles, iron and steel,
optical and medical equipment. Main partners (2008)--United States
17.7%, Hong Kong 13.3%, Japan 8.1%, South Korea 5.2%, Germany
4.1%.
•Imports 2009--$921.5 billion: electrical and other machinery,
oil and mineral fuels, optical and medical equipment, metal ores,
plastics, organic chemicals. Main partners (2008)--Japan 13.3%,
South Korea 9.9%, Taiwan 9.2%, U.S. 7.2%, Germany 4.9%.
•China has become the world's fastest growing major economy,
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the world's largest exporter and second largest importer of
 FOREIGN RELATIONS

•China maintains diplomatic relations with most major

countries in the world.
•One-China policy- PRC has made it a precondition to
establishing diplomatic relations that the other country
acknowledges its claim to Taiwan and severs official ties with
the Republic of China government.
•Free trade areas- , the PRC proposed an entirely new
East Asia Summit (EAS) framework as a forum for regional
security issues that pointedly excluded the United States
A Map of the administrative divisions by population in millions.
GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE

•Major rivers-Yangtze (central)

-Huang He
-Pearl River, Mekong River, and
Brahmaputra
• SEA & OCEANS- Pacific Ocean
- South China Sea
- East China Sea
Topography of China

• Taklamakan and the Gobi Desert

•Rice
 EDUCATION

•nine-year basic education to every child

•93% of the population over age 15 are literate- 99.2%
for males and 98.5% for females
•Top-ranked universities
Peking University, Tsinghua University
•As of 2007, there were 396,567 primary schools, 94,116
secondary schools and 2,236 higher education institutions
in the PRC
 TOP UNIVERSITIES
Beijing: Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin
University of China, Beijing Normal University
Shanghai: Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Tongji
University, East China Normal University

Harbin: Harbin Institute of Technology

Tianjin: Nankai University, Tianjin University

Xi'an Jiaotong University (Xi'an)

Nanjing University (Nanjing)

 RELIGION

Buddhism-
Christianity in China-
Islam in China
There are also followers of minority religions
including Hinduism, Dongbaism, Bön, and a
number of new religions
 CULTURE

•Chinese meal in Suzhou with rice,

shrimp, eggplant, fermented tofu,
vegetable stir-fry, vegetarian duck
with meat and bamboo.

•Beijing opera is a quintessential

aspect of traditional Chinese
culture and holds an important
position in the world treasure of art

•A north corner of
Forbidden City, featuring
classic construction style.
 POLITICAL STRUCTURE

•The PRC is regarded by several

political scientists as one of the last five
Communist states
•Compared to its closed-door policies until
the mid-1970s, the liberalization of the
PRC is such that the administrative climate
is less restrictive than before.
•Political concerns in the PRC
include lessening the growing
gap between rich and poor and
fighting corruption within the
government leadership
 FLORA AND FAUNA

Ecozones-China lies in two of the world's major ecozones

1. Palearctic- Mammals as the horse, camel, tapir, and
jerboa
2. Indomalaya- Leopard Cat, bamboo rat, treeshrew, and
various species of monkeys and apes.
Endangered species
The famous giant panda is found only in a limited area.
Giant panda South China tiger, Yangtze river dolphin
SCIENCE AND TECHONOLOGY

•China started to develop its own nuclear weapons

and delivery systems.
•Its first surface nuclear test in 1964 at Lop Nur
•China has the world's second largest
research and development- is expected to invest
over $136 billion in 2010 after growing more than
20% in 2009.
•China is also actively developing
its software, semiconductor and
energy industries, including
renewable energies.
•China currently has the
most cell phone users
 GAMES AND SPORTS

•Oldest sporting cultures in the world

•The most popular sports in the country-
Martial arts, table tennis, badminton, swimming,
basketball and snooker.
•Many traditional sports- Dragon Boat Festival
-Mongolian-style wrestling
-horse racing
•Physical fitness is widely emphasized in Chinese culture
•Major sporting events held
1990 Asian Games
2008 Summer Olympics-$40bn cost
(official estimate)
 POPULATION POLICY

•One-child policy-With a population of over

1.3 billion
•The estimate a population of anywhere
ranging from 1.4 billion to 1.6 billion by 2025.
Hence family planning
•The decreasing reliability of PRC population
statistics-118.6 boys born for every 100 girls.
 TRANSPORTATION
•G030 northbound in Hebei- It second-longest
total in the world.
•Transportation People's Republic of China has
improved significantly .
•the National Trunk Highway System (NTHS).
•world’s longest high-speed rail network-
6,500 km
•the largest automobile market -16 MILION sales
Private car ownership is increasing -15%
BUT NO MATTER OLD OR YOUNG
GENERATION MAJOR CONVEYANCE IS
CYCLES
 MILTARY

•People's Liberation Army- With

2.3 million active troops
•China, with possession of
nuclear weapons .
•PRC continues to make efforts to
modernize its military
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