For a chart showing China's the GDP growth rate click here . The main agricultural products are rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed, pork, fish.
Major imports are machinery and equipment, plastics, chemicals, iron and steel, mineral fuels.
Much of the land is mountainous or unsuited to agriculture. The population tends to be predominantly in the east and along the three major river valleys. Population is huge compared to the U.S., 1.25 Billion people, over 25 percent of the world's total. The official name is the People's Republic of China. The government is controlled by the Communist Party which is the sole political party.