Geography and Demography of China 2015

1. GEOGRAPHY AND DEMOGRAPHY
OF CHINA
Joanne Chen
2015

2. Basic Facts about China
Full Name: The People's Republic
of China
Area: 9,600,000 sq km
(3,706,580 sq mi)
Population: 1.37 billion (as of
2014)
Capital City: Beijing
National Flag: Five-Stars-Red-
Flag
Location: Middle and East Asia,
bounded on the east by the
Pacific Ocean

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• 22 Proveniences
• 5 autonomous regions: Inner Mongolia,
Xinjiang, Guangxi, Ningxia, Tibet
• 4 direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing,
Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing)
• 2 mostly self-governing special
administrative regions (Hong Kong and
Macau).
Flag of China
The red represents the communist revolution; the five stars and their
relationship represent the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of
the Communist Party of China
"Five-star Red Flag" (simplified Chinese: 五星红旗)
Administrative Demarcation

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Mountains
Rivers
• The Himalaya, Karakoram,
Pamir and Tian Shan mountain rang
Western China separate China from S
and Central Asia.
• Gobi and Taklamakan deserts in the
• Yangtze River: Longest in Asia,
the 3rd longest in the world
• Yellow River: Mother river of
Chinese.
• China's coastline along the Pacific
Ocean is 14,500 kilometres (9,000
mi) long, and is bounded by the
Bohai, Yellow, East and South China
Coastline

5. Fujiang
Yellow Mountain
Tian ChiGobiXinjiang
Xinjiang
Lhasa Yun nan

6. • The climate of China is
extremely diverse, ranging
from tropical in the far south
to subarctic in the far north
and alpine in the higher
elevations of the Tibetan
Plateau.
• Monsoon winds, caused by
differences in the heat-Climate
Spring Summer Fall Winter
Great Wall

7. Agriculture
Only 11% of the land is farmable.
Farmers practice:
1. subsistence farming-
producing just enough to meet
your basic needs (little or no
surplus)
2. terrace farming-
carving steps into the sides of
mountains for farming

8. • China has substantial mineral
reserves and is the world’s largest
producer of antimony, natural
graphite, tungsten, and zinc.
• Other major minerals are
aluminum, bauxite, coal, crude
petroleum, diamonds, gold, iron
ore, lead, magnetite, manganese,
mercury, molybdenum, natural
gas, phosphate rock, tin, uranium,
and vanadium.
• With its vast mountain ranges,
China’s hydropower potential is the
largest in the world.
Natural Resources

9. Cities of China
Beijing
Shanghai
Guangzhou
Urumqi
Chengdu
Lhasa Xi’an Haerbin

10. Tourist Attractions

11. DEMOGRAPHICS OF CHINA
 China's population is over 1.355 billion, the largest of any country in
the world
 91.51% of the population was of the Han Chinese, and 8.49% were
minorities. China's population growth rate is only 0.47%, ranking
159th in the world.

12. Population Density
• The most densely populated
provinces are in the east:
• Jiangsu (712 persons per square
kilometer),
• Shandong (587 persons per square
kilometer), and
• Henan (546 persons per square
kilometer).
The least densely populated areas are in the west,
with the Tibet Autonomous Region having the lowest
density at only 2 persons per square kilometer.
Shanghai was the most densely
populated municipality at 2,646
persons per square kilometer.

13. ETHNIC GROUPS
Ethnic minorities are the non-
Han Chinese population. The
PRC government officially
recognizes 55 ethnic minority
groups in addition to the Han
majority. As of 2010, the
combined population of minority
groups comprised 8.49% of the
population of mainland China.
Term for ethnic minority is
shǎoshù mínzú; (simplified
Chinese: 少数民族)

14. HAN CHINESE
 Han Chinese has a population of about 1.16
billion accounting for 19% of the world's
total population
 Han Chinese has become one of the main
ethnic groups in many countries.
 The language is divided into seven dialects
namely Mandarin, Wu Dialect, Xiang Dialect,
Gan Dialect, Min Dialect, Cantonese and
Hakka.
 Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, are

15. HAN YU:
A MEMBER OF SINO-TIBETAN LANGUAGE FAMILY
 Chinese language differ from other languages
1. It has no inflection of words to indicate person, gender,
number, tense or mood.
2. It is a tonal language.
3. It consists of a large number of dialects, which share the
same written form
4. Written form of the language – characters
5. 3,500 characters are commonly used in daily life.

16. Ethnic groups are primarily in the south, west, and north of China.
Only Tibet and Xinjiang have a majority population of official
minorities, while all other regions of China have a Han majority.
AUTONOMOUS REGIONS
Autonomous administrative
divisions are specific areas
associated with one or
more ethnic minorities that
are designated as
autonomous. (自治區) Guangxi – Zhuang
 Tibet – Tibetan
 Inner Mongolia - Mongol
 Xinjiang - Uyghur
 Ningxia - Hui
hui
Uyghur
Mongol
Tibetan
Zhuang

17. Expat: An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person temporarily or permanently
residing, as an immigrant, in a country other than that of their citizenship.
Expat Demographics in China
With its unique culture, vast
geographic size, and fast-
growing economy, China has
long held a special appeal
for foreign visitor.
There are at least 600,000
expats working or living in
cities throughout the
country by 2015, broken
down by nationality in the
chart.

18. http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2015/01/08/nali-lai-de-overview-expats-china.html

19. Floating Population
 In 2011 a total of 252.78 million
migrant workers existed in China.
 Out of these, migrant workers who
left their hometown and worked in
other provinces accounted for
158.63 million.
 Migrant workers who worked within
their home provinces reached 94.15

20. The Chinese population is rapidly
aging, due to a lower mortality rate
and the one child policy.
This will lead to a pension problem for
the Chinese government and may
reduce China's ability to compete in
the future.
At the same time, this creates a
growing market for healthcare
products and services in China.
Aging Population