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China is a land of mystery and charm. Its glorious history spectacular landscapes, splendid culture and intriguing national customs have always offered a panorama of color and excitement for visitors.

Over the past 20 years with the adoption of the reform and open policy to the rest of the world, China has become a world-class tourist destination with a great achievement and development on modern infrastructure. With ancient oriental civilization, yet full of modern vitality, China has fascinated travelers from around the world.

Situated in eastern Asia on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean, China is the third largest country in the world and the biggest of all Asian countries. With an area of 9.6 million square kilometers, it is 1.25 times the size of Australia. China's continental coastline extends for about 18,000 kilometers, and its vast sea surface is studded with more than 5,000 islands, of which Taiwan and Hainan are the largest. It extends more than 5000 kilometers from east to west and more than 5,500 kilometers from north to south, its southern borders lying 4,500 kilometers northwest of Northern Australia.

The topography varies tremendously and includes the world's highest peak, the 8,848 meter Mount Qomolangma (Mount Everest) on the China-Nepal border, and one of the world's lowest basin, the Turpan Basin, 154 meters below sea level, in Xinjiang. In China's extensive territorial waters, there are 6,536 islands and island groups.

China's land drops off in escarpments eastward to the ocean, letting in humid air current and leading many rivers eastward. Among the rivers totaling 220,000 kilometers in length in China, the Changjiang (Yangtze) and the Huanghe (Yellow) are world renowned.

China has beautiful scenery, with mountains and ranges, highlands and plains, basins and hills. The highlands and hill regions account for 65 percent of the country's total land mass, and there are more than 2,000 lakes.

China abounds in natural resources. It leads the world in many proven mineral deposits. No country in the world boasts more wildlife than China, many of which are native to China, such as the Giant Panda, Snub-nosed Golden Monkey, and Chinese Alligator. China's dawn redwood and Cathaya argyrophylla are known as the living fossils of ancient plants.

To protect the nation's native animals and plants and especially the endangered species, China has established more than 700 nature reserves.

China is divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities
under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government, and 2 special administrative regions.  Hong Kong and Macao are the Special Administrative regions.

Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China. A center for politics, economy and culture, Beijing has been developed into a world-class metropolis in which the modern world is blended harmoniously with the glory of an imperial past.

China, as the world's most populous country, has a population exceeding 1.26 billion - almost a quarter of the world's total. To bring population growth under control, the country has followed a family planning policy since the 1970s.

While China has long been a unified, multi-national country, the majority of its people (92%) are members of the Han ethnic group with the remainder made up of 55 minority nationalities.

Mandarin or Putonghua is the official national language and is commonly used by 70% of the population. It is one of the five working languages designated by the United Nations. The majority of the 55 ethnic groups have their own languages. As a written language, Chinese is uniform throughout China and it has been used for over 6,000 years.

Chinese family names came into being from some 5,000 family names, of which 200 or 300 are popular. The order of Chinese names is family name first. For instance, the family name of a person called Zhang Qian is Zhang.