Conventional Long Form Name of country: People's Republic of China
Capital City: Beijing Type of Government:Communist Date of Independence:October 1, 1949 National Holiday: Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, October 1 Description of Executive Branch/Powers: president and vice president elected by National People's Congress for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); elections last held on 5-17 March 2013 (next to be held in March 2018); premier nominated by president, confirmed by National People's Congress. Description of Legislative Branch/Powers: unicameral National People's Congress or Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui (2,987 seats; members elected by municipal, regional, and provincial people's congresses, and People's Liberation Army to serve five-year terms). Description of Judicial Branch/Powers: The highest court is the Supreme People's Court (consists of over 340 judges including the chief justice, 13 grand justices organized into a civil committee and tribunals for civil, economic, administrative, complaint and appeal, and communication and transportation cases). The chief justice appointed by the People's National Congress; term limited to two consecutive 5-year terms; other justices and judges nominated by the chief justice and appointed by the Standing Committee of the People's National Congress. Suffrage (who is allowed to vote): 18 years old Name of their Ambassador to the U.S.: Ciu Tiankai Location of their embassy in the U.S.: Washington DC Locations of their consulates in the U.S.: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco Name of U.S. Ambassador to them: Ambassador Gary Locke Location of U.S.embassy there: Beijing |
Locations of U.S.consulates there: Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, Wuhan
Name of their representative to UN: Liu Jieyi Description of the Symbolism of flag: The flag is red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars (arranged in a vertical arc toward the middle of the flag) in the upper hoist-side corner. The color red represents revolution, while the stars symbolize the four social classes - the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie(capitalists) - united under the Communist Party of China. National Symbol: dragon Descriptions of International Disputes: N/A Quantity of refugees inside country and country of origin of refugees: 300,897 (Vietnam) Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons: N/A Quantity of Stateless Persons: N/A Description of current human trafficking issues related to this country: China is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. The majority of trafficking in Chinaoccurs within the country's borders, there are many reports that Chinese men, women, and children may be subjected to conditions of sex trafficking and forced labor in numerous countries and territories worldwide. Women and children are trafficked to China from Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, and even as far away as Europe and Africa for forced labor and prostitution. Some Chinese adults and children are forced into prostitution and various forms of forced labor, including begging, stealing, and working in brick kilns, coal mines, and factories. Description of Illicit Drug trafficking/use: Major transshipment point for heroin produced in the Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia. There is a growing domestic consumption of synthetic drugs, and heroin from Southeast and Southwest Asia. It is a source country for methamphetamine and heroin chemical precursors, despite new regulations on its large chemical industry. |
|