Capital: Beijing
Largest City: Shanghai
Dialing code: +86
Currency: Renminbi (yuan) (¥) (CNY)
Population: 1.35 Billion (Census 2012)
Official languages:: Vernacular Chinese
Government: Single-party socialist state
National animal & Bird: Chinese Dragon, Giant Panda,
Golden Pheasant, Crane
China officially called the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is a sovereign state located in East Asia. It is the world’s most populous country. The PRC is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party, with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The PRC also claims Taiwan – which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity – as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan and the unresolved Chinese Civil War.
China is the world’s second-largest country by land area and the third or fourth-largest by total area, depending on the definition of total area. It is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world’s largest standing army and the second-largest defense budget.
This is the only country in the world where education is compulsory by law for everyone. According to a World Bank report, it’s also the fastest-growing major economy in the world. Therefore, it offers great opportunities for students across the globe to acquire higher education, especially in the field of Medical Science. Moreover, some of the Chinese universities are recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI).
The Ministry of Education (MOE) of the People’s Republic of China has forwarded a list of 34 Universities that have been approved to enroll foreign students for the academic year 2010-11 in a six-year Undergraduate Clinical Medical Course. The above list is available on the Medical Council of India (MCI) website and also on www.studyinchina.edu.cn.
