Doing Business in China

With an area of 9.6 million square kilometres and a population of more than 1.3 billion, China is one of the biggest countries in the world. Blessed with beautiful landscape, 56 ethnic groups and the oldest continuous civilisation known to mankind, China has long been one of the world’s favourite travel destinations. The climate in China is very diverse, subarctic in its northern border and tropical in the south. North China typically has four distinct seasons – bitter cold winter, blazing hot summer, and short spring and autumn. In the south, cities like Kunming, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, spring-like weather prevails in all seasons with temperatures usually ranging between 15C and 30C.

East China and west China vary in terms of terrain. The majority of the landscape in west China comprise plateaus, mountains and deserts while in the east, plains, deltas, and hills dominate, making the land suitable for cultivation.

Among China’s 56 ethnic groups, the Han people make up about 92% of the country’s total population. Over 50 languages are used throughout China, for example, Han, Tibetan, Urghur and Korean. The Han peopleuse many dialects in different parts of China, such as Cantonese, Shanghainese, Hokkien etc, apart from Mandarin, which is China’s official language.

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