| Organisation / Group | Aim | status |
|---|---|---|
| African Development Bank Group | to promote economic development and social progress | nonregional member |
| Association of Southeast Asian Nations | to encourage regional economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the non-Communist countries of Southeast Asia | dialogue partner |
| Group of 24 | to promote the interests of developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America within the IMF | observer |
| International Organization for Migration | to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration | observer |
| Latin American Integration Association | to promote freer regional trade | observer |
| Nonaligned Movement | to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs | observer |
| Organization of American States | to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development | observer |
| Pacific Islands Forum | to promote regional cooperation in political matters | partner |
| South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation | to promote economic, social, and cultural cooperation | observer |
| Central American Integration System | to strengthen democracy;to set up a new model of regional security;to promote freedom;to achieve a regional system of welfare and economic and social justice;to attain economic unity and strengthen the area as an economic bloc;to act as a bloc in international matters | observer |
| Asian Development Bank | to promote regional economic cooperation | |
| Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | to promote trade and investment in the Pacific basin | |
| ASEAN Regional Forum | to foster constructive dialogue and consultation on political and security issues of common interest and concern | |
| Bank for International Settlements | to promote cooperation among central banks in international financial settlements | |
| Caribbean Development Bank | to promote economic development and cooperation | |
| Conference of Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia | promoting a multi-national forum for enhancing cooperation towards promoting peace, security, and stability in Asia | |
| East Asia Summit | to promote cooperation in political and security issues;to promote development, financial stability, energy security, economic integration and growth;to eradicate poverty and narrow the development gap in East Asia, and to promote deeper cultural understanding | |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency | |
| Financial Action Task Force | to develop and promote policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing | |
| Group of 20 | to promote open and constructive discussion between industrial and emerging-market countries on any issues related to global economic stability;helps to support growth and development across the globe | |
| Group of 77 | to promote economic cooperation among developing countries;name persists in spite of increased membership | |
| International Atomic Energy Agency | to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy | |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | to provide economic development loans;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Civil Aviation Organization | to promote international cooperation in civil aviation;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Chamber of Commerce | to promote free trade and private enterprise and to represent business interests at national and international levels | |
| International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement | to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS;formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime | |
| International Development Association | to provide economic loans for low-income countries;UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate | |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development | to promote agricultural development;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Finance Corporation | to support private enterprise in international economic development;a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate | |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions;to promote humanitarian activities;to represent and encourage the development of National Societies;to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people;to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs | |
| International Hydrographic Organization | to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays;to provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography;to develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanography | |
| International Labor Organization | to deal with world labor issues;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Monetary Fund | to promote world monetary stability and economic development;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Maritime Organization | to deal with international maritime affairs;a UN specialized agency | |
| International Mobile Satellite Organization | acts as watchdog over Inmarsat (International Maritime Satellite Organization), a private company, to make sure it follows ICAO standards and recommended practices;plays an active role in the development of international telecommunications policies | |
| International Criminal Police Organization | to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime | |
| International Olympic Committee | to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK;2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia | |
| Inter-Parliamentary Union | fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses views of international interest and concern with the purpose of bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better knowledge of representative institutions | |
| International Organization for Standardization | to promote the development of international standards with a view to facilitating international exchange of goods and services and to developing cooperation in the sphere of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity | |
| International Telecommunications Satellites Organization | to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services | |
| International Telecommunication Union | to deal with world telecommunications issues;a UN specialized agency | |
| Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency | encourages flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by offering investment insurance, consultation, and negotiation on conditions for foreign investment and technical assistance;a UN specialized agency | |
| United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara | to supervise the cease-fire and conduct a referendum in Western Sahara;established by the UN Security Council | |
| United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | to establish contacts with the signatories to the cease-fire agreement and to plan for the observation of the cease-fire and disengagement of forces | |
| Nuclear Suppliers Group | to establish guidelines for exports of nuclear materials, processing equipment for uranium enrichment, and technical information to countries of proliferation concern and regions of conflict and instability | |
| Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention | |
| Permanent Court of Arbitration | to facilitate the settlement of international disputes | |
| Shanghai Cooperation Organization | to combat terrorism, extremism, and separatism;to safeguard regional security through mutual trust, disarmament, and cooperative security;and to increase cooperation in political, trade, economic, scientific and technological, cultural, and educational fields | |
| United Nations | to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems | |
| United Nations Security Council | to maintain international peace and security | |
| African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur | to contribute to the restoration of security conditions which will allow safe humanitarian assistance throughout Darfur, to contribute to the protection of civilian populations under imminent threat of physical attack, to monitor, observe compliance with, and verify the implementation of various ceasefire agreements | |
| United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | to promote international trade | |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization | to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture | |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | to ensure the humanitarian treatment of refugees and find permanent solutions to refugee problems | |
| United Nations Industrial Development Organization | UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members | |
| United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon | to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and assist in reestablishing Lebanese authority in southern Lebanon;established by the UN Security Council | |
| United Nations Institute for Training and Research | to help the UN become more effective through training and research | |
| United Nations Mission in Liberia | to support the cease-fire agreement and peace process, protect UN facilities and people, support humanitarian activities, and assist in national security reform | |
| United Nations Mission in the Sudan | to support implementation of the comprehensive Peace Agreement by Monitoring and verifying the implementation of the Cease Fire Agreement, by observing and monitoring movements of armed groups, and by helping disarm, demobilizing and reintegrating armed bands | |
| United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste | to support the Government, to support the electoral process, to ensure the restoration and maintenance of public security | |
| United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire | to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of the peace agreement signed by them in January 2003 | |
| United Nations Truce Supervision Organization | to supervise the 1948 Arab-Israeli cease-fire;currently supports timely deployment of reinforcements to other peacekeeping operations in the region as needed;initially established by the UN Security Council | |
| World Tourism Organization | to promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace | |
| Universal Postal Union | to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Customs Organization | to promote international cooperation in customs matters | |
| World Federation of Trade Unions | to promote the trade union movement | |
| World Health Organization | to deal with health matters worldwide;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Intellectual Property Organization | to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Meteorological Organization | to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency | |
| World Trade Organization | to provide a forum to resolve trade conflicts between members and to carry on negotiations with the goal of further lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers | |
| Zangger Committee | to establish guidelines for the export control provisions of the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) |
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the Communists under MAO Zedong established an autocratic socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, MAO's successor DENG Xiaoping and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000 output had quadrupled. For much of the population, living standards have improved dramatically and the room for personal choice has expanded, yet political controls remain tight. China since the early 1990s has increased its global outreach and participation in international organizations.
Government type
Communist state
Religions
Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
Natural Resources
coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)
Export commodities
electrical and other machinery, including data processing equipment, apparel, textiles, iron and steel, optical equipment and medical equipment
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- Area of China
- Birth rate of China
- Death rate of China
- Electricity production of China
- GDP - per capita (PPP) of China
- GDP growth rate of China
- GDP of China
- HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate of China
- HIV/AIDS - deaths of China
- Industrial production growth rate of China
- Infant Mortality Rate of China
- Inflation rate of China
- Life Expectancy at Birth of China
- Location of China
- Natural gas consumption of China
- Natural gas production of China
- Net Migration Rate of China
- Oil consumption of China
- Oil production of China
- People living with HIV/AIDS of China
- Population growth rate of China
- Population size of China
- Total Fertility Rate of China
- Unemployment rate of China
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