Area: 9,596,960 km2
Population: 1,321,851,888(July 2007 est)
Mineral Resources:

Coal, ironore, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, mangnese,

molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc,

uranium

Mining Factoids:
♦ China is the Largest tin-producing country in the world,

exporting about 60% of the total tin output
♦ China is the largestrare-earth producer in the world, in

2001 producing 80,000 t of rare-earth ore and 71,000 t

of rare-earth products