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China east

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Official
name:
Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo (People's Republic of China).
Form of government: single-party people's republic with one
legislative house (National People's Congress [2,979]).
Chief of state: President.
Head of government: Premier.
Population (1998): 1,242,980,000.
Population projection: (2000) 1,263,098,000; (2010)
1,341,848,000.
Natural increase rate per 1,000 population (1997): 9.3
(world avg. 15.7).
Gross national product (at current market prices; 1996):
U.S.$906,079,000,000 (U.S.$750 per capita).
Land use (1994): forested 14.0%; meadows and pastures
42.9%; agricultural and under permanent cultivation 10.3%; other
32.8%. |
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China west

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Official
name:
Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo (People's Republic of China).
Form of government: single-party people's republic with one
legislative house (National People's Congress [2,979]).
Chief of state: President.
Head of government: Premier.
Population (1998): 1,242,980,000.
Population projection: (2000) 1,263,098,000; (2010)
1,341,848,000.
Natural increase rate per 1,000 population (1997): 9.3
(world avg. 15.7).
Gross national product (at current market prices; 1996):
U.S.$906,079,000,000 (U.S.$750 per capita).
Land use (1994): forested 14.0%; meadows and pastures
42.9%; agricultural and under permanent cultivation 10.3%; other
32.8%. |
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