Let the Confucius Institute
Introduce You to China
By Wang Xiaojun “Helen”
Confucius Institute at UWP
西沙群岛
Paracel
Islands
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
 9.6 million square kilometer of land area
= 96 000 hectare of land area
 3 million square kilometer of sea area

 = 30 000 hectare of sea area
 1.30628 billion population
 5 500 km width from south to north
 5 200 km length from east to west
 5 time zones, same time
 - Beijing Time
 23 provinces
 5 autonomous regions
 4 municipalities directly under the central government
 2 special administrative regions
 Capital – Beijing (Peking)
 22% of the world’s
population
 Uneven distribution of
population
 east – west
 plain areas -
mountainous &
plateau regions
 rural - urban
 Han people
 90.56%
 55 ethnic minorities
 9.44%
 壮Zhuang, 满Man，
回Hui，苗Miao，维
吾尔Uygur，彝Yi，土
家Tujia，蒙古
Menggu，藏Zang，
布依Buyi
 Three-step Staircase
(from west to east):
 Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
 Inner Mogolia, Loess
and Yunnan-Guizhou
Plateaus, and Tarim,
Junggar, Sichuan
Basins
 Mountains Da Xing An
Ling, Taihang,
Wushan, etc.
 Mountainous areas: 2/3
Haiyuan (Ningxia) 8:05pm Dec-16-1920
Magnitude 8.5, 234 000 000 of death toll
Tangshan 3:42am Jul-28-1978
Magnitude 7.8, 242 000 of death toll
 Five zones:
 Taiwan Province
 Tibet, Sichuan,
Yunnan
 Gansu, Qinghai,
Ningxia
 Hebei, Tianjing
 Guangdong, Fujian
Wenchuan 2:28pm May-12-2008
Magnitude 8.0, 69 197 of death toll
and 18341 of missing
 Temperature
differences in
January (-8°F
~ 75°F)
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 Temperature
differences in
July ( 104°F ~
46°F)
 Coal
 3rd in the world ‘s
reserve
 Northern/west
areas
 61% used for
power
 Petroleum
 8th in the world’s
reserve
 2nd in the world’s
consumption
 70 000 km of truck，3rd in
the world
 Three east-west line:
 Beijing-Baotou-Lanzhou
 Lianyungang-Lanzhou-
China Railway Map
Urumqi
 Shanghai-HangzhouChangsha-LiuzhouGuiyang-Kunming
 Five south-north lines
 Beijing-Guangzhou
 Beijing-Shanghai
 Beijing-Kowloon
 Jiaozuo-Liuzhou
 Baoji-Chengdu-Kunming
 Qinghai-Tibet line
 75% of Chinese
people’s first choice
 Spring Festival
Transportation
 春运，chunyun
 13.9% of total
transportation of
commodities
Guangzhou
Railway Station
 1.93million km, 2nd in the
world
 Every county has been
connected by roads
 6% of administrative villages
without roads
 More than 1000 domestic
lines
 More than 120
international lines
 Coastal port
 Shanghai, Dalian, Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, Qingdao,
Ningbo, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Fangchenggang, etc.
 Changjiang / Yangtze River 长江
 The Three Gorges Project
 The Grand Canal (Beijing -Hangzhou)
 Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River
 7% cultivated lands in the world
 Northern areas:
 Dry crops: Wheat, corn, Chinese
sorghum, soybean
 Cotton, sweet potatos
 Apple, pear, peach, persimmons, walnuts,
Chinese chestnuts, jujubes, grape
 Southern areas
 Rice
 Banana, pineapple, longan, lychee,
coconut
 The general Facial
Characteristics of
northern Chinese people
are
 tall nose
 more single-folds
 long and well-defined
face
 hairs are more thick and
straight
 lighter and taller
 The general Facial
Characteristics of
southern Chinese people
are
 flattened out nose
 double eye-folds
 shorter face
 hairs are more softer
 darker and shorter
 Characteristics of
 Characteristics of
northern people
southern people
 Delicate and
caring
 Introverted
 Bold and inhibited
 Extroverted
 Food customs in
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
northern area
Noodle
Flavor of sour, salty
Jasmine tea
Liquor, 白酒baijiu
 Food customs in southern
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area
Rice
Flavor of spicy, sweet, plain
Longjin tea, kongfu tea
Liquor, 白酒 baijiu
 Music in northern area
 Music in southern area
 Loud and sonorous
 melodious
 Close to the emperor
 Center of political center
 Chinese Siheyuan & Hutong
 Noble and commentator
 Salty food
 Leisure
 Cold winter
 Personal loyalty
 Liqour ,白酒baijiu
 Salty food
 Activities related to the
ice
 Abundant agricultural products
 Inconvenient transportation
 Hard-working
 Kind-hearted
 Spicy food
 Leisure and relax rhythm of life
 Tea
 Mahjong 麻将majiang
 Small car
 1843-1945 semi-colony city
 International financial
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center
Astute in business
里弄lilong/弄堂longtang
Sweet and saucy food
Open and anti-outsiders
 Center of China
 Less developed than
coastal areas
 Frank and open
personality
 A little bit more spicy
and salty food
 leisure
 Out-oriented City
 Commerce & trade
 Active evening activiteis
 Morning Tea