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Shanghai is split in two by the Huangpu River, with the
older town on the west bank known as Puxi and the brash
new development on the east side being Pudong.
Shanghai
2004:
10
th Annual
Fuels & Lubes Asia Conference
Full country name:
People’s Republic of China
Area: 9,596,961 sq km
Population: 1,342,400,000
People: 96% Han, 2% Manchu,
2%
Hui, 0.3% Mongol
Language: Mandarin
Religion: Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism
Government: Communist state
Major industries: Mining and ore processing,
iron, steel, aluminium, and other metals,
coal; machine building; armaments; textiles
and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals;
fertilizers; consumer products, including
footwear, toys, and electronics; food
processing; transportation equipment,
including automobiles, rail cars and
locomotives, ships, and aircraft;
telecommunications equipment,
commercial space launch vehicles, satellites
Major trading partners: U.S.A., Japan,
Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany,
Australia, Russia, Malaysia, Singapore
