China     [99]
(Independent )
ISO COUNTRY CODE: CN
LAND AREA: 9600000 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 1232083000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 128 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 1%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 72%
  URBAN POP: 29% (1994), versus 19% (1960), Annual Growth: 3.8%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 68.9 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 80.9%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 43 per/1000 (1994), versus 150 (1960)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.626

ECONOMY
  GNP: US$630.2 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 9.6%,  Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 8.2%
  GDP/Capita: $435  GDP/Capita PPP: $2604
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $75, 1970 $89, 1980 $134, 1990 $269
  OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $3521 million  ODA%GNP: 0.7%
  ODA/Capita: $3

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 133323,000 ha, 14.3% of land area, 0.1 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 99523,000 ha
  ARABLE LAND: 9.6% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 780 kw-hr/capita, versus 132 kw-hr/cap (1970)
  TRADITIONAL FUEL CONSUMPTION: 6% (1993), versus 11% (1973)
  INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 2.3,000 cu.m/cap/year
  SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION (1990-92): 10 kg/cap/year, CHANGE SINCE 1980-82: 107%
  CHANGE IN ANNUAL MARINE CATCH 1980-82 to 1990-92: 168%

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: