BriefIntroductionofChinaHuangXiaodiInternationalStudentManager中国CollegeofInternationalEducation,NAUPart1GeographyContentsPart2PeoplePart3EconomyPart4TourismPart5CulturePart1GeographyPart1Geography:aSnapshotofChinaPart1Thegreaterpartofthecountryismountainous.ItsprincipalrangesaretheTianShan,theKunlunchain,andtheTrains-Himalaya.InthesouthwestisTibet,whichchinaannexedin1950.TheGobiDesertliestothenorth.Geography:LandAmongthe220,000kilometersofriverstheChangjiang(YangtzeRiver,6300km)andHuanghe(YellowRiver,5464km)arethemostfamous.Part1YellowRiverYangtzeRiverYangtzeRiverCruiseGeography:RiversTherearethousandsofmountainsofvarioussizesscatteredacrossChina'svastterritory.Amongthem,themostfamousscenicmountainsinclude:theYellowMountain(HuangShan),Mt.Tai(TaiShan),Mt.E'mei(E'meiShan),Mt.Hua(HuaShan),etc.Part1TheYellowMountainSeaofCloudsSunriseatthepeakGeography:MountainPart1MountainE`meiGeography:MountainMountainTaiPart1HuaShanLuShanGeography:MountainPart1Geography:ClimatePart1HotSummerColdWinterGeography:ClimatePart2PeopleChinaisthemostheavilypopulatedcountryintheworld.Over1.33billioninfact,over40%urban.Stringentpopulationcontrolshavebeeninplaceforseveraldecades,andthegovernmentaimstolimitthemainlandpopulationto1.37billionby2010.However,thepopulationofgreatBeijing,forexample,isapproaching15million,andNanjingisover8million.Part2Crowdedlines.People:PopulationThereare56ethnicgroupsinChina.TheHanpeopleformthelargest,numbering1.1billionandmakingup93.3percentofthecountry'spopulation.Theotherethnicgroups,thatistheminoritynationalities,total160million,only8percentoftheChinesenation.Part2EthnicgroupsofChinaTheZhuangNationalityPeople:NationalityMajorReligions:Taoism,Buddhism,IslamandChristianity.Taoismprobablytookshapeasareligionduringthesecondcentury,basedonthephilosophyofLaoZi(traditionallysaidtobebornin604BC).BuddhismwasintroducedtoChinafromIndiaapproximatelyinthe1stcenturyAD,becomingincreasinglypopularandthemostinfluentialreligioninChinaafterthe4thcentury.IslamprobablyfirstreachedChinainthemid-7thcentury.People:ReligionsPart2Languages:StandardChinese(Putonghua,Beijingdialect),Yue(Cantonese),Wu(Shanghaiese),Minbei(Fuzhou),Minnan(Taiwanese),Xiang,Gan,Hakkadialects,Minoritylanguages...Part2ChineseMongolianTibetanUygurKazakKoreanYiZhuangPeople:Languages&CharacterPart3EconomyTherocketlikeeconomicdevelopmentofChina'sisrefectedontherankingsoftheworld'stenlargesteconomies,whichisviewedasamiracle.World'stop10GDPPart3China’smeteoricriseoverthepasthalfcenturyisoneofthemoststrikingexamplesoftheimpactofopeninganeconomyuptoglobalmarkets.Overthatperiodthecountryhasundergoneashiftfromalargelyagrariansocietytoanindustrialpowerhouse.IntheprocessithasseensharpincreasesinproductivityandwagesthathaveallowedChinatobecometheworld’ssecond-largesteconomy.China’sfasteconomicgrowthPart3Part3BeforetheEcnomicReformAftertheEcnomicReformChina’sfasteconomicgrowthPart3AftertheEcnomicReformBeforetheEcnomicReformChina’sfasteconomicgrowthTheChineseeconomyadvancedanannual6.7percentinthefirstquarterof2016,comparedtoa6.8percentexpansioninthepreviousperiodandinlinewithmarketexpectations.Part3China’sfasteconomicgrowthPart4Tourism北京Beijing西安Xi'an上海Shanghai南京NanjingChina’sTopTouristCitiesPart4TheForbiddenCityTheGreatWallBeijingPart4TempleofHeavenTheSummerPalacePart4BeijingTerracottaWarriorsXi'anPart4TerracottawarriorsandhorsesisoneofthetopattractionsinChina,alsoitisoneoftheeightmajorwondersintheworld.Itissignificantbecausethehundredsofdetailedlife-sizemodelsrepresentthearmythattriumphedoverallotherChinesearmies.ShanghaiPart4ShanghaiacityneversleepTheOrientalPearlTowerTheOldCityGod'sTempleShanghaiPart4ZhujiajiaoYuGardenShanghaiPart4NanjingPart4TheTombofDr.SunYat-senThePresidentialPalaceNanjingPart4TheXuanwuLakeNanjingPart4JimingTempleQinhuaiRiverXiaolingTomboftheMingDynastySacredWayPart5CultureChineseCulture:StapleFoodsPart5RiceNoodlesKuaiZi(Chopsticks)ChineseCulture:KongFuPart5Red-tasselledSpearTaijiQuanChineseQiGongWudangSwordChineseCulture:SpringFestivalPart5ReunionDinnerLion/DragonDanceFirecrackersChineseCulture:Mid-AutumnFestivalsPart5Top9thingsnevertodoinChinaPart51.Nevergetupsetinpublic2.Neveracceptacomplimentgraciously3.NeveraddresspeoplebytheirfirstnamesfirstTop9thingsnevertodoinChinaPart54.Nevermakesomeoneloseface5.Neverletsomeoneelsepaythebillwithoutfightingforit6.NevershowupemptyhandedTop9thingsnevertodoinChinaPart57.NevertakethefirstNo,thankyouseriously8.Neveracceptfood,drinks,orgiftswithoutfirstrefusingafewtimes9.NeverdrinkalcoholwithoutfirstofferingatoastThankyou!&Enjoyyourjourneyhere!