{"data":{"slug":"china","name":"China","iso2":"CN","iso3":"CHN","continent":"Asia","capital":"Beijing","population":1407181200,"gdpBillions":33598,"areaSqKm":9596960,"languages":"Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages; note - Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uyghur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uyghur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)","currency":null,"democracyIndex":1,"worldBankRegion":"East Asia & Pacific","worldBankIncomeGroup":"Upper middle income","vdemRow":"Closed Autocracy","monarchyStatus":"none","governmentFormDescription":"communist party-led state","governmentType":"communist_party_led_state","governmentTypeDetail":"communist party-led state","governmentClassification":{"taxonomyVersion":"2026_v1","rawLabel":"communist party-led state","regimeType":"civilian_dictatorship","regimeTypeLabel":"Civilian dictatorship","regimeSource":"Bjornskov-Rode / CGV (QoG Standard)","regimeDatasetVersion":"QoG Standard Jan26","regimeYear":2025,"structuralFamily":"one_party_state","structuralFamilyLabel":"One-party state","structuralSubtype":"communist_party_state","structuralSubtypeLabel":"Communist Party-state","structuralColorVar":"var(--gov-one, #C65A37)","structuralColorFallback":"#C65A37","regimeColorVar":"var(--gov-one, #C65A37)","regimeColorFallback":"#C65A37","primitives":{"isFederal":false,"isMonarchy":false,"executiveStructure":"party_state","governmentDependency":"single_party_rule"},"overrideNote":null,"provenance":{"regime":{"brCom":1,"brDem":0,"brMon":0,"brPres":1,"source":"bjornskov_rode_qog","rawLabel":"communist party-led state","structuralFamily":"one_party_state","mixedDisambiguation":"not_needed"},"structural":{"rawLabel":"communist party-led state","derivation":"heuristic","normalizedSource":"communist party-led state"}}},"flagUrl":null,"constitution":{"year":1982,"yearUpdated":2018},"government":{"executive":[{"id":"ddb572c3-714d-4c4d-b44b-2b6a9a1b78c7","name":"Executive of People's Republic of China","type":"cabinet","chamberType":null,"totalSeats":null,"offices":[{"id":"1037dcb1-9c51-4d79-8003-82fcbc97ae17","name":"Head of State","type":"head_of_state","isElected":true,"currentHolder":{"name":"Xi Jinping","party":null,"since":"2013-03-14","photoUrl":null}},{"id":"139d31ba-d3e8-45a1-b13d-7a61e830f95f","name":"Head of Government","type":"head_of_government","isElected":true,"currentHolder":{"name":"Li Qiang","party":null,"since":"2023-03-11","photoUrl":null}}]}],"legislative":[{"id":"1a78f734-605b-479b-955b-6863441f1b6c","name":"National People's Congress","type":"parliament","chamberType":"lower","totalSeats":3000,"offices":[],"parties":[{"name":"Chinese Communist Party","seats":2090,"color":"#DE2910","isRulingCoalition":true},{"name":"United Front parties","seats":887,"color":"#FFCC00","isRulingCoalition":false}]}]},"civicaIndex":{"quarter":"2024-Q4","composite":{"score":23,"rank":153,"totalRanked":190,"isPartial":false},"dimensions":[{"dimension":"corruption_control","normalizedScore":42.682926,"rawValue":43},{"dimension":"freedom_rights","normalizedScore":8.333333,"rawValue":13},{"dimension":"rule_of_law","normalizedScore":38.472614,"rawValue":-0.5793198},{"dimension":"democratic_quality","normalizedScore":3.0892448,"rawValue":0.036}]},"civicaPulse":null,"provenance":{"population":{"factKey":"population_total","source":"cia_factbook","sourceName":"CIA World Factbook","asOf":"2025-01-01","vintageLabel":"CIA Factbook 2026-01-frozen","decisionReason":"incumbent_held","isDisputed":false,"alternates":[{"source":"world_bank","sourceName":"World Bank","value":1408975000,"asOf":"2024-01-01","vintageLabel":"World Bank WDI 2026Q3","url":"https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL","valueType":"measured"},{"source":"un_data","sourceName":"UN Statistics Division","value":1419321200,"asOf":"2024-01-01","vintageLabel":"UN WPP 2024 Revision","url":"https://population.un.org/wpp/","valueType":"measured"},{"source":"imf_weo","sourceName":"IMF (WEO)","value":1382906000,"asOf":"2031-01-01","vintageLabel":"IMF WEO 2026 April","url":"https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/LP@WEO","valueType":"projected"},{"source":"wikidata","sourceName":"Wikidata","value":1332810900,"asOf":"2010-01-01","vintageLabel":"Wikidata 2026-05 snapshot","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148#P1082","valueType":"measured"}],"valueType":"measured","canonicalIsProjection":false},"gdpBillions":{"factKey":"gdp_ppp_usd_billions","source":"cia_factbook","sourceName":"CIA World Factbook","asOf":"2024-01-01","vintageLabel":"CIA Factbook 2026-01-frozen","decisionReason":"single_source","isDisputed":false,"alternates":[{"source":"imf_weo","sourceName":"IMF (WEO)","value":58129.52,"asOf":"2031-01-01","vintageLabel":"IMF WEO 2026 April","url":"https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPGDP@WEO","valueType":"projected"}],"valueType":"measured","canonicalIsProjection":false},"areaSqKm":{"factKey":"area_total_km2","source":"cia_factbook","sourceName":"CIA World Factbook","asOf":null,"vintageLabel":"CIA Factbook 2026-01-frozen","decisionReason":"single_source","isDisputed":false,"alternates":[],"valueType":"measured","canonicalIsProjection":false},"languages":{"factKey":"official_languages","source":"cia_factbook","sourceName":"CIA World Factbook","asOf":null,"vintageLabel":"CIA Factbook 2026-01-frozen","decisionReason":"single_source","isDisputed":false,"alternates":[],"valueType":"measured","canonicalIsProjection":false},"worldBankRegion":{"factKey":"world_bank_region","source":"world_bank","sourceName":"World Bank","asOf":"2026-07-01","vintageLabel":"WB Country Classifications FY2026","decisionReason":"single_source","isDisputed":false,"alternates":[],"valueType":"measured","canonicalIsProjection":false},"worldBankIncomeGroup":{"factKey":"world_bank_income_group","source":"world_bank","sourceName":"World Bank","asOf":"2026-07-01","vintageLabel":"WB Country Classifications FY2026","decisionReason":"single_source","isDisputed":false,"alternates":[],"valueType":"measured","canonicalIsProjection":false},"vdemRow":{"factKey":"vdem_row","source":"vdem","sourceName":"V-Dem","asOf":"2024-03-01","vintageLabel":"V-Dem v14 (via QoG CS Jan26)","decisionReason":"single_source","isDisputed":false,"alternates":[],"valueType":"measured","canonicalIsProjection":false},"monarchyStatus":{"factKey":"monarchy_status","source":"cia_factbook","sourceName":"CIA World Factbook","asOf":"2026-01-23","vintageLabel":"CIA Factbook 2026-01-frozen","decisionReason":"single_source","isDisputed":false,"alternates":[],"valueType":"measured","canonicalIsProjection":false},"governmentFormDescription":{"factKey":"government_form_description","source":"cia_factbook","sourceName":"CIA World Factbook","asOf":"2026-01-23","vintageLabel":"CIA Factbook 2026-01-frozen","decisionReason":"single_source","isDisputed":false,"alternates":[],"valueType":"measured","canonicalIsProjection":false}}},"meta":{"reconciliation":{"status":"beta","version":"v0.2-beta","reference":"https://civicaatlas.org/factbook/methodology/reconciliation","vintage":"Civica Atlas Reconciled v0.2-beta — vintage 2026-Q1"},"deprecations":[{"identifier":"structural_family","kind":"field+filter","sunset":"2027-03-31","successor":"/api/v1/peer-groupings","replacedBy":["world_bank_region","world_bank_income_group","vdem_row","monarchy_status","government_form_description"],"reason":"The `structural_family` taxonomy was a regex-derived heuristic. The 2026-05-02 peer-grouping resolution replaced it with domain-specific peer lenses sourced from World Bank and V-Dem. See https://civicaatlas.org/civica-index/methodology/peer-grouping for the methodology and the per-country migration table.","migrationTable":"/civica-index/methodology/peer-grouping/migration"}]}}