英文介绍祖国概况

Fast Facts

Each year China welcomes thousands of English-speaking students, teachers, scientists, artists, business men and women, and tourists who come to China to study, teach, perform, exchange ideas, engage in trade and business or just to sightsee. The following offers a fast and ready reference of basic China facts as a guide for visitors and others.

Formal name: People’s Republic of China (PRC)

Capital: Beijing

Head of State: President Hu Jintao elected March 15, 2003.

National flag: Red flag with five stars.

National emblem: Tiananmen Gatetower under five stars, encircled by ears of grain and with a gear wheel below.

Other symbols:

Animal: The giant panda is considered a Chinese national treasure. Just over 1,000 survive in the wild, most of them to be found in Sichuan Province.

Flower: China does not have an “official” national flower, but the tree peony can be regard