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A3 . China
Geography Located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea,
Korea Bay, Yellow Sea and South China Sea, between
North Korea and Vietnam . Borders with Afghanistan,
Bhutan, Burma, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea,
Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia
(north-east) 3605 km, Russia (north-west), Tajikistan,
Vietnam 1281 km, and has regional borders with Hong
Kong and Macao . Mostly mountains, high plateaus,
deserts in west; plains, deltas and hills in east .
Arable land: 15 .4% of a total land mass
of 9,326,410 sq km
Permanent crops: 1 .25%
Other: 83 .36% (2001)
Government Communist state
Chief of state: President Hu Jintao (since 15 March 2003)
and Vice-President Zeng Qinghong (since 15 March 2003)
Head of government: Premier Wen Jiabao
(since 16 March 2003); Vice-Premiers Huang Ju
(since 17 March 2003), Wu Yi (since 17 March 2003),
Zeng Peiyan (since 17 March 2003),
and Hui Liangyu (since 17 March 2003)
Elections: President and Vice-President elected by the
National People’s Congress for five-year terms; elections
last held 15–17 March 2003 (next to be held mid-March
2008); Premier nominated by the President, confirmed
by the National People’s Congress
Population 1,298,847,624 (July 2004 est .)
Urban: 37 .7% of total (2002)
Median age: 31 .8 years
Age structure:
0–14 years: 22 .3%
15–64 years: 70 .3%
65 years and over: 7 .5%
Human development index HDI rank 94 (177 countries)
Unemployment rate 10% urban unemployment roughly; substantial
unemployment and underemployment in rural areas
(2003 est .)
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