On the other hand, the climate is hot and humid in south China, especially around Guangzhou, from the months of April to September. Rain is a common element and the southeast is subjected to typhoons between the months of July and September. Like northern China, spring and autumn are also the best times to visit as the day temperatures vary between 20 to 25 degrees Celsius. Central China is a region that is hot and humid and the Chinese have labeled Wuhan, Chongqing and Nanjing provinces as the three furnaces . Summer falls between April and October.
Winter is short but it can get chillingly cold.
The best time to visit is also spring and autumn. Population China s population now numbers 1.2 billion, the largest in the whole world. However, this figure is changing as farmers abandon their farms for the cities. At present, the most urgent problem the nation faces is that of birth control. The current plan is to limit population growth to 1.25 billion people by the year 2000, hold that figure, and allow birth control and natural mortality to reduce the population to 700 million.