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1. General Fact Sheet

Figure 1

Government (ii)
Type		Communist state
Chief of State		President Hu Jintao (since March 2003)
Head of Government		Premier Wen Jiabao (since March 2003)
Capital		Beijing
Administrative Divisions		23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 4 municipalities
Demographics
Mid - 2005 Population (thousands) i	1,315,844	Age Structure (2005) i
Annual Growth Rate i	0.6%	0 - 14 years	21.0%
Urban Population (2005) i	41.0%	15 - 64 years	71.0%
Nationality	Chinese	Over 65 years	8.0%
Ethnic Group (2005) ii		Sex Ratio (2005 est.) ii	1.06 male(s)/female
Han Chinese	91.9%	Unemployment Rate (2004 est.) ii	9.8%
Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities	8.1%	Population below poverty line (2001 est.) ii	10.0%
Education (iii)
Adult Literacy (M) (2002 - 2004 est.)	95.1%	Enrolment Ratios (GER) (2002/2003)
Adult Literacy (F) (2002 - 2004 est.)	86.5%	Primary	115.0%
Public expenditure on Education:total government expenditure (1999)	13.0%	Secondary	70.0%
		Tertiary	16.0%
		Compulsory	9 years
Health
Life Expectancy (M) (2005) i	70 years	HIV/AIDS Prevalence (2003 est.) ii	0.1%
Life Expectancy (F) (2005) i	74 years	HIV/AIDS Figures (2003 est.) ii	840,000
		Infant Mortality (per 1,000) i	33
Economic (ii)
GDP - per capita (2004 est.)	$ 5,600	Contributions to GDP ( 2004 est.)
GDP Growth (2004 est.)	9.1%	Agriculture	13.8%
Budget (2004 est.)		Industry	52.9%
Revenues	$ 317.9 billion	Services	33.3%
Expenditures	$ 348.9 billion
Disability
Major Legislation		The Law of the People's republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons
Disability Prevalence - (2002 est.) iv	5.0%	Disability by Type iv
Disability Figure - (2002) iv	60 million	Hearing Impairment	34.3%
Disability by Sex (M) - (1987) v	49.5%	Mental Retardation	19.7%
Disability by Sex (F) - (1987) v	50.5%	Physical Impairment	14.6%
National Coordination Committee on Disability	The China Disabled Persons' Federation	Visual Impairment	14.6%
		Mental Illness	3.8%
		Multiple Disabilities	13.0%

Source

1. 2005 ESCAP Population Data Sheet, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
2. CIA-The World Factbook 2005 - China (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ch.html)
3. UNESCO : Institution for Statistics - education sector (www.uis.unesco.org)
4. Type of Disability, China Disabled Persons' Federation
5. National Sample Survey 1987
   Disability Statistics in the PR of China, Zhuoying Qiu