munproject-china-olivia - 1. Basic Information

Official Name:
People’s Republic of China

Flag:

http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/archives_roll/2004_10-12/delisle_china/flag_china.jpg

Population:
(July 2009 est.): 1,338,612,968.

Breakdown of ages and gender (graph) 2005

http://www.ats-sea.agr.gc.ca/asi/images/4063000_e.gif

Map:

http://www.chinatours.us.com/images/China_Map.gif

Name of capital city:
Beijing

National Language:

Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect)

Currency:
Chinese money is called Renminbi (RMB) means "The People's Currency". The popular unit of RMB is yuan.
1 yuan equals 10 jiao, 1 jiao equals 10 fen.

http://chinatravelguide.com/shared/images/thumb/3/33/ChineseYuan5thEdition.jpg/500px-ChineseYuan5thEdition.jpg