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Fast Facts about China

• Formal name: People's Republic of China (PRC)
• Region: East Asia and Pacific
• Country Codes: China(+86), Hong Kong(+852), Macao (+853), Taiwan(+886)
• Time Zone: GMT/UTC +8
• Currency: CNY, Renminbi, RMB (Yuan)
• Electricity: 220 volts, AC, 50Hz
• Country Code: CN
• Language: Mandarin Chinese(Putonghua), Cantonese and other dialects
• Emergencies: China 110, Hong Kong and Macao 999.
• Capital city: Beijing
• National flag: Five-star red flag
• National anthem: March of the Volunteers
• National Day: October 1, the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949
• President: Hu Jintao, elected March 15, 2003.
• Premier: Wen Jiabao
• Territory area: 9.6 million square km
• Largest city: Shanghai
• Weights and measures: metric system
• Religion: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Christianity
• Population: 1.37 billion by the end of 2010 (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan)

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