CHINA CHINA REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE 221 B.C TRADITIONAL DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT OCTOBER 1 1949 A.D ESTABLISHMENT OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION DECEMBER 4 1982 POPULATION 1246871951 1999 EST AREA 3696100 SQ MI CAPITAL BEIJING FORM OF GOVERNMENT COMMUNIST PARTY LED STATE MAIN INDUSTRIES METAL PRODUCTION TEXTILES AND CLOTHING ARMS MANUFACTURING MACHINE PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE GRAIN RICE POTATOES PEANUTS SORGHUM COTTON NATURAL RESOURCES COAL OIL IRON ORE MANGANESE MOLYBDENUM TIN CURRENCY RENMINBI GDP 4.42 TRILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3600 1998 EST LANGUAGES MANDARIN OFFICIAL YUE WU XIANG OTHER DIALECTS RELIGIONS ATHEIST OFFICIAL CONFUCIANISM TAOISM BUDDHISM LITERACY RATE 82 LIFE EXPECTANCY 69 YEARS MALE 71 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 15 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 7 PER 1000 POPULATION
