How much land China covers

China covers an area of 9.6 million square kilometers.

China's land area is the third largest in the world, the first being Russia with 17.07 million square kilometers and the second being Canada with 9.97 million square kilometers. China's territorial landmass includes mainland China and its coastal islands, Taiwan Island, Hainan Island, Diaoyu Island, Chiloe Island and its affiliated islands, Dongsha Islands, Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands and Nansha Islands.

China's eastern and southern mainland coastline of more than 18,000 kilometers, the waters of the Inland Sea and the border sea area of about 4.7 million square kilometers. There are more than 7,600 islands of various sizes distributed in the sea, of which Taiwan Island is the largest, with an area of 35,798 square kilometers. China shares borders with 14 countries and has maritime neighbors with 8 countries. Provincial administrations are divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the central government, and 2 special administrative regions.

China's boundaries change history

China's boundaries have been evolving and changing since ancient times, starting from the "Shangshu - Yugong" Nine States until the Tang Dynasty when the boundaries of the very best: is considered the prototype of China's boundaries. To the Yuan Dynasty, not only the unification of China, Tibet has since been formally incorporated into the Chinese central government under the direct jurisdiction of the late Ming Dynasty Zheng Chenggong expelled the colonialists formally incorporated Taiwan into the Chinese territory, the Qing Dynasty will be the end of the Tang Dynasty after the long period of time in the central regime outside the scope of the rule of the Xinjiang region re-incorporated into the territory.

The Republic of China for the Begonia map, 1946 Outer Mongolia referendum decided to independence, since then China's boundaries from the Begonia into the "rooster" to date. The People's Republic of China is located in the east and center of Asia, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese People's Republic of China