Head of state: HU Jintao
Head of government: WEN Jiabao
Type of state: people’s republic
Land area: 9.6 million km2
Capital: Peking
Population: 1.34 billion
Ethnic groups: 93% Han Chinese plus some 55 ethnic minorities, incl. Zhuang, Tibetan, Mongol, Uygur, Hui, Kazakh and others
Religions: 5 official religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam
Language: Chinese (Mandarin)
Currencies: Renminbi (RMB) / Yuan (CNY)
Gross domestic product (GDP) 2010: USD 5,878.63bn
Change over previous year: +10.3%
Per capita GDP: USD 4,393
Swiss colony: 3,503 persons
Swiss exports 2010: CHF 7,467.02m 
Change over previous year: +35.7%
Swiss imports 2010: CHF 6,085.57m
Change over previous year: +17.9%

(NB: Data do not include Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.)