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     PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

China or People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country , with a population of around 1.4 billion in 2019. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres (3.7 million mi²), it is the world's third or fourth country by area. As a one-party state led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), it exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces  five autonomous regions, four direct controlled municipalities(Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and the special administrative region of Hongkong and Macau. The capital of china is Beijing and populated city is Shanghai with a population of 24.28million.

 

China is the largest economy in the world by PPP since 2014, the world's second largest country by nominal GDP since 2010, and the largest economy in Eurasia. Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China's economy has been the world's fastest-growing major economy, with annual growth rates consistently above 10%. According to the World Bank, China's GDP grew from $150 billion in 1978 to $12.24 trillion by 2017. China recorded the fastest rise in GDP per capita in the world from 1960 to 2018. China is the world's largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods. China holds 17.7% of the world's total wealth, the second largest share held by any country. China has the world's largest banking sector, with assets of $40 trillion and the world's top 4 largest banks all being in China. China has the highest number of rich people in the world's top 10% of wealth since 2019 and has one of the most billionaries of any country in the world. China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world's largest standing army, the People's Liberation Army, and the second-largest defense budget. The PRC is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since replacing the ROC in 1971. One of the world's foremost infrastructural giants, China has the world's largest bullet train network, the most supertall skyscrapers  in the world, and initiated the largest transcontinental infrastructure investment project in modern history. China has been characterized as an emerging superpower, mainly because of its large economy, fast infrastructural development, and power military.

 Culture

  Chinese culture one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands of years ago. The area over which the culture prevails covers a large geographical region in East Asia and is extremely diverse and varying, with customs and traditions varying greatly between provinces, cities, and even towns as well.

Chinese civilization is historically considered the dominant culture of East Asia. With China being one of the earliest ancient civilizations, Chinese culture exerts profound influence on the philosophy, virtue, etiquette, and traditions of Asia to date. Chinese language, ceramics, architecture, music, dance, literature, martial arts, cuisine, visual arts, philosphy, business etiquette, religion, politics, and history have global influence, while its traditions and festivals are also celebrated, instilled, and practiced by people around the world.

Holidays

            

During holidays, hundreds of millions of migrant workers return home, and millions of other Chinese travel within the country (but many in the service sector stay behind, enjoying extSra pay). Travelers may want to consider scheduling to avoid being on the road, on the rails, or in the air during the major holidays. At the very least, travel should be planned well in advance. Every mode of transport is extremely crowded; tickets of any kind are hard to come by and will cost a lot more, so book well in advance (especially to travel between remote western China and the coast). Train and bus tickets are easily purchased at other times but are scarce during the holidays. Air tickets tend to sell out more slowly because of their higher prices and are still available to stranded tourists and air travel remains a comfortable mode of transportation. The new bullet-train network is nice, but the holidays bring overcrowded, smoke-filled, cold, loud, and disorganized train depots making boarding hectic. The spring festival (Chinese New Year) is the largest annual migration of people on earth.

 China have five major holidays

• Chinese New Year or Spring Festival late January/mid-February

• Qingming Festival — usually 4–6 Apr, or the tomb-sweeping day, cemeteries are crowded with people who go to sweep the tombs of their ancestors and offer sacrifices. Traffic on the way to cemeteries can be heavy.
• Labor Day— May Day 1 May

• Dragon Boat Festival—The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, usually May-Jun. Boat races and eating zongzi ( steamed pouches of sticky rice) are traditional parts of the celebration.

• Mid-Autumn Day— The 15th day of the eighth lunar month, usually in October. Also called the Moon Cake Festival after its signature treat, moon cakes . People meet outside, putting food on tables and gazing at the full harvest moon while talking about life.
• National Day—1 October

Nearly all workers get at least a week for Chinese New Year, some get two or three, and students get four to six weeks. For National Day, a week is typical.

The Chinese New Year is especially busy. Not only is it the longest holiday, but it is also a traditional time to visit family, so many stores and other businesses close for several days, a week, or even longer. Most migrant workers leave the cities and return to the countryside. This is often the only chance they have. Everyone wants to go home, and China has a lot of "everyone"! Unless you have friends or relatives in China, it is not ideal to visit during this period.

Also, during early July over twenty million university students go home and in late August they return to school, jamming the transportation system especially between the east coast and the western regions of Sichuan, Gansu, Tibet, and Xinjiang.

A complete list of Chinese festivals would be long since many areas or ethnic groups have their own. See listings for individual towns for details. Nationally important festivals not mentioned above include:

• Lantern Festival— The 15th day of the first lunar month, just after Chinese New Year, usually in February or March. In some cities, such as Quanzhou, this is a big festival with elaborate lanterns all over town.

• Double Seventh Festival—  The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, usually in August, is a festival of romance, sort of a Chinese Valentine's Day.

• Double Ninth Festival or Chongyang Festival The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, usually in October. This holiday is to honor elders.

• Winter Solstice Festival— December 22 or 23.

In addition to these, some Western festivals are celebrated, at least in cities. Around Christmas, one hears carols — mostly English, a few in Latin, plus Chinese versions of "Jingle Bells", "Amazing Grace", and for some reason "Oh Susana". Some stores are decorated and one sees many shop assistants in red and white elf hats. For Valentine's Day, many restaurants offer special meals. Chinese Christians celebrate services and masses at officially sanctioned Protestant and Catholic churches as well.

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