2. ANCIENT TIME
◦ After 10, 000 BC people lived by hunting and gathering plants
◦ Then about 5, 000 BC, they began farming.
◦ By 5, 000 BC dogs and pigs were domesticated.
◦ By 3, 000 BC sheep and (in the south) cattle were domesticated.
◦ Finally horses were introduced into China between 3, 000 and 2, 300 BC.
◦ 5, 000 BC farmers had learned to make pottery.
◦ Farmers also made baskets and wove cloth (before sheep were domesticated
hemp was woven).
◦ They also made ritual objects from jade, such as knives, axes, and rings.
History of China
3. History of China
◦ Silk was probably first made in China during the Shang era in 1300 BC.
◦ After 1700 BC bronze vessels were made and tools such as sickles, ploughs and
spades were usually made of wood and stone.
◦ They gave their followers land.
◦ Everybody had to work on the ninth section but the crops from it went to the
lord.
◦ After 600 BC coins were used in China and some peasants paid their Lord taxes
rather than work on his land.
◦ Agriculture was greatly improved by iron tools and by irrigation, which became
more common.
4. Modern China
◦ The peasants were encourage to form their own small farms into co-operatives.
◦ In 1958 Mao launched an attempt to greatly increase output of farming and
industry. It was called The Great Leap Forward.
◦ In the late 20th century China introduced a market economy.
History of China
5. Culture of China
Religion
◦ Chinese communist party are atheist but more becoming more tolerant of
religions.
◦ They have 5 official religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and
Protestantism.
Language
◦ 7 major groups of dialects: Mandarin, Wu, Yue, Xiang, Min, Hakka, Gan
Food
◦ Rice is not the only a major food source but also an element that help grow the
society. (Rice is fan which means “meal”.)
6. Culture of China
Customs and Celebrations
◦ Largest festival – Spring festival marks with the beginning of the lunar New Year.
◦ Falls between Mid-January and Mid-February
◦ During the 15-day celebration, the Chinese do something every day to
welcome the new year, such as eat rice congee and mustard greens to cleanse
the body.
◦ The holiday is marked with fireworks and parades featuring dancers dressed as
dragons.
7. Economy of China
oChina's socialist market economy is the world's second largest economy by
nominal GDP, and the world's largest economy by purchasing power
parity according to the IMF.
o China is a global hub for manufacturing, and is the largest manufacturing
economy in the world as well as the largest exporter of goods in the world.China
is also the world's fastest growing consume market and second
largest importer of goods in the world.
o China is the largest trading nation in the world and plays a vital role in
international trade, and has increasingly engaged in trade organizations and
treaties in recent years. China became a member of the World Trade
Organization in 2001.
8. CHINA
oChina is the world's largest producer and consumer of agricultural
products and some 300 million Chinese farm workers are in the industry.
Virtually all arable land is used for food crops.
oChina is the world's largest producer of rice and is among the principal
sources of wheat, corn (maize), tobacco, soybeans, potatoes, sorghum,
peanuts, tea, millet, barley, oilseed, pork, and fish.
oMajor non-food crops, including cotton, other fibers, and oilseeds, furnish
China with a small proportion of its foreign trade revenue.
9. CHINA
oAgricultural exports, such as vegetables and fruits, fish and shellfish,
grain and meat products, are exported to Hong Kong.
oChina's cropland area is only 75% of the U.S. total, but China still produces
about 30% more crops and livestock.
10. CHINA
oAnimal husbandry constitutes the second most important component of
agricultural production.
oChina is the world's leading producer of pigs, chickens, and eggs, and it also has
sizable herds of sheep and cattle.
oPond raising has always been important and has been increasingly emphasized to
supplement coastal and inland fisheries threatened by overfishing and to provide
such valuable export commodities as prawns.
11. Bird Flu in CHINA
oAvian influenza A (H7N9) is an influenza (flu) virus found in birds that does not
normally infect humans.
oHowever, in spring of 2013, China began reporting infections with the virus in
people.
oMost of these infections have been associated with contact with infected poultry
or contaminated environments (such as poultry markets) in China.
oEarly symptoms are consistent with seasonal flu and may include fever, cough,
sore throat, muscle aches and fatigue, loss of appetite, and runny or stuffy nose.
oHowever, infection with this virus often causes severe respiratory illness and, in
some cases, death.
12. Bird Flu in CHINA
oAccording to the World Health Organization, 667 cases and 229 deaths
from H7N9 flu have been reported globally from March 2013 through
October 14, 2015, most from the mainland of China.
oCases have been confirmed in the following administrative areas of China:
Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan,
Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Shandong, Shanghai, Xinjiang, and
Zhejiang.
oSmaller numbers of cases have been identified in travelers from Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Canada.
13. China’s Top Exports to Japan
China's exports to Japan amounted to $149.6 billion or 6.4% of its
overall exports.
1. Electronic equipment: $35.8 B
2. Machines, engines, pumps: $26 B
3. Knit or crochet clothing: $10.1 B
4. Clothing (not knit or crochet): $8.8 B
5. Furniture, lighting, signs: $5.2 B
6. Medical, technical equipment: $5.1 B
7. Plastics: $4.4 B
8. Vehicles: $4.2 B
9. Iron or steel products: $3.4 B
10. Organic chemicals: $3 B
14. China’s Top Exports to US
China's exports to the US amounted to $397.2 billion or 17% of its
overall exports.
1. Electronic equipment: $92.6 B
2. Machines, engines, pumps: $90.9 B
3. Furniture, lighting, signs: $24.2 B
4. Knit or crochet clothing: $16.2 B
5. Clothing (not knit or crochet): $14.3 B
6. Footwear: $13.9 B
7. Toys, games: $13.2 B
8. Plastics: $12.8 B
9. Vehicles: $12.3 B
10. Medical, technical equipment: $9.4
B
15. China’s Top Exports to Germany
China's exports to Germany amounted to $72.7 billion or 3.1% of its
overall exports.
1. Machines, engines, pumps: $16.8 B
2. Electronic equipment: $14.5 B
3. Clothing (not knit or crochet): $4.4 B
4. Furniture, lighting, signs: $4.1 B
5. Knit or crochet clothing: $4 B
6. Medical, technical equipment: $2.6 B
7. Footwear: $2.3 B
8. Organic chemicals: $1.9 B
9. Vehicles: $1.7 B
10. Iron or steel products: $1.7 B
16. Top Exports of Chinese in the World
1. Electronic equipment: US$570.9 billion (24.4% of total exports)
2. Machines, engines, pumps: $400.8 billion (17.1%)
3. Furniture, lighting, signs: $93.4 billion (4%)
4. Knit or crochet clothing: $92 billion (3.9%)
5. Clothing (not knit or crochet): $81.4 billion (3.5%)
6. Medical, technical equipment: $74 billion (3.2%)
7. Plastics: $66.8 billion (2.9%)
8. Vehicles: $64.2 billion (2.7%)
9. Gems, precious metals, coins: $63.2 billion (2.7%)
10. Iron or steel products: $60.6 billion (2.6%)
17. Top Exporter of Chinese in the World
1. US ($423 B)
2. Hong Kong ($270 B)
3. Japan ($163 B)
4. Germany ($92.6 B)
5. South Korea ($80.3 B)
