Official Name:
People's Republic of China

Capital:
Beijing
Peking (Formerly)

Head of State:
President-(Jiang Ze Min)

Head of Government:
Premier-(Zhu Rong Ji)

Monetary Unit:
Renminbi:
1 yuan (Y) = 10 jiao
1 Yuan= 100 fen
As of 09/25/98:
1 U.S.$ = Y 8.28
1 � = Y 14.10.

Official Language:
Mandarin Chinese

Population (1998):
1,242,980,000

Ethnic Composition:
Han 91.96%
Chuang 1.37%
Manchu 0.87%
Hui 0.76%
Miao 0.65%
Uighur 0.64%
Yi 0.58%; Tuchia 0.50%
Mongolian 0.42%
Tibetan 0.41%
Puyi 0.23%
Tung 0.22%
Yao 0.18%
Korean 0.17%
Pai 0.14%
Hani 0.11%
Kazak 0.10%
Tai 0.09%
Li 0.09%
Others 0.51%.

Life Expectance (1997):
male 68.0 years
female 72.0 years.

(G)ross (N)ational (P)roduct (at current price,1996):
U.S.$906,079,000,000
U.S.$750 per capita

Public Debt (external, outstanding; 1996):
U.S.$102,260,000,000