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China

Gov: Communist Party-Led State
Detail: Communist Party-led State
Head of state: Xi Jinping
Head of govt: Li Qiang
Capital: Beijing
Language: 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: No source
Region: Asia
Area: 9.6M km²
Population: 1.4B
GDP (PPP): $33.6T
Main exports: Broadcasting equipment, computers, integrated circuits
Main imports: Crude petroleum, integrated circuits, iron ore
Trade bal.: +$577.0B
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Executive of People's Republic of China
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