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China - Economy
Currency : Ren-Min-Bi Yuan (CNY) = 10 Jiao = 100 Fen
Rate of exchange (Sept.2004) :

1 Euro = 10 CNY

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 2002 : 1237 billion dollars
GDP per capita, 2002 : 949 dollars
GNP (Gross National Product), 2005 : 2263.8 billion dollars
GNP per capita, 2005 : 1736 dollars

China - Miscellaneous information
 MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES (world rank 2002) :
- Rice (1)
- Wheat (1)
- Cereals (1)
- Potatoes (1)
- Cabbages (1)
- Carrots (1)
- Tomatoes (1)
- Apples (1)
- Cotton (1)
- Corn (2)
- Tea (2)
- Sugar cane (3)
- Wood (3)
 - Honey (1)
- Eggs (1)
- Pigs (1)
- Sheeps (1)
 - Iron (1)
- Zinc (1)
- Tin (1)
- Coal (1)
- Lead (2)
- Salt (2)
- Phosphates (3)
- Gold (4)
- Oil (6)
- Deposits of oil (11)
 RECORDS :
- China has the highest number of border countries in the world (15 countries).
- 4th longest river in the world = Chang Jiang (Yangtse) (5900 Km).
- Largest lake in East Asia = Po Yang (5000 Km2).
- 4th longest suspension bridge in the world = Qing Ma (1377 m).
- The highest airport in the World = Bangda, Tibet (4739 m).
- From 1990 to 2000, China has reforested 18 063 Km2 of land (world record) (source = Guiness Book).
- Apleechan Island (near Hong Kong) has the highest population density in the world (60 000 people / Km2) (source = Guiness Book 2003).

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