中华人民共和国（the People's Republic of China），简称“中国”，成立于1949年10月1日，位于亚洲东部，太平洋西岸，是工人阶级领导的、以工农联盟为基础的人民民主专政的社会主义国家，以五星红旗为国旗、《义勇军进行曲》为国歌，国徽内容为国旗、天安门、齿轮和麦稻穗，通用语言文字是普通话和规范汉字，首都北京，是一个以汉族为主体、56个民族共同组成的统一的多民族国家。 中国陆地面积约960万平方千米，东部和南部大陆海岸线1.8万多千米，内海和边海的水域面积约470多万平方千米。海域分布有大小岛屿7600多个，其中台湾岛最大，面积35798平方千米。中国同14国接壤，与8国海上相邻。省级行政区划为23个省、5个自治区、4个直辖市、2个特别行政区。

The people's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as "China"), founded on October 1, 1949, is located in the east of Asia and the West Bank of the Pacific Ocean. It is a socialist country under the people's democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants. It takes the five-star red flag as the national flag and the march of the volunteers It is the national anthem. The national emblem contains the national flag, Tiananmen Square, gears and ears of wheat and rice. The common language is Putonghua and standard Chinese characters. Beijing, the capital, is a unified multi-ethnic country with the Han nationality as the main body and 56 nationalities. China has a land area of about 9.6 million square kilometers, more than 18000 kilometers of continental coastline in the East and south, and about 4.7 million square kilometers of inland and border waters. There are more than 7600 islands in the sea area, of which Taiwan island is the largest, covering an area of 35798 square kilometers. China borders on 14 countries and borders on the sea with 8 countries. The provincial administrative divisions are 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the central government and 2 special administrative regions.