China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area, depending on the source consulted. Governed by the Communist Party of China, it exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
China emerged as one of the world's earliest civilizations, in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. For millennia, China's political system was based on hereditary monarchies, or dynasties, beginning with the semi-legendary Xia dynasty in 21st century BCE. Since then, China has expanded, fractured, and re-unified numerous times. In the 3rd century BCE, the Qin unified core China and established the first Chinese dynasty. The succeeding Han dynasty, which ruled from 206 BC until 220 AD, saw some of the most advanced technology at that time, including papermaking and the compass, along with agricultural and medical improvements. The invention of gunpowder and printing in the Tang dynasty (618 - 907) completed the Four Great Inventions. Tang culture spread widely in Asia, as the new maritime Silk Route brought traders to as far as Mesopotamia and Somalia. Dynastic rule ended in 1912 with the Xinhai Revolution, as a republic replaced the Qing dynasty. The Chinese Civil War led to the break up of the country in 1949, with the victorious Communist Party of China founding the People’s Republic of China on the mainland while the losing Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan, a dispute which is still unresolved.
Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China's economy has been one of the world's fastest-growing with annual growth rates consistently above 6 percent. As of 2016, it is the world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP and largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). China is also the world's largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods. China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world's largest standing army and second-largest defense budget. The PRC is a member of the United Nations, as it replaced the ROC as a permanent member of the UN Security Council in 1971. China is also a member of numerous formal and informal multilateral organizations, including the ASEAN Plus mechanism, WTO, APEC, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the BCIM, and the G20. China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia, and has been characterized as a potential superpower.
Scientists
The country has 110 scientists who conduct research in the field of Wikipedia Quality.
- Ben He
- Beng Chin Ooi
- Bing Li
- Changxuan Wan
- Chao Shao
- Chen Yuncong
- Chengqing Zong
- Chenliang Li
- Chuandong Wang
- Congle Zhang
- Conglei Yao
- Cui Miao
- Dexi Liu
- Deyi Li
- Dingquan Wang
- Dongxiang Zhang
- Fang Wu
- Feifei Wu
- Feng Zhou
- Guilin Qi
- Guirong Xue
- Guoping Huang
- Haiping Zhu
- Haisu Zhang
- Haofen Wang
- Ho-fung Fung Leung
- Hongfei Lin
- Hongyan Liu
- Houkuan Huang
- Hua Zheng
- Huajie Zhang
- Jamal Yousaf
- Jiajun Zhang
- Jiali Yun
- Jian Yu
- Jianping Chen
- Jie Tang
- Jin Wang
- Jinchuan Chen
- Jing Cao
- Jing X. He
- Jingyu Han
- Jintao Tang
- Juanzi Li
- Junze Li
- Kai Yang
- Kang Liu
- Kejia Chen
- Kui Xiao
- Kunyuan Pang
- Lei Chen
- Lei Hou
- Li Tian
- Linmei Hu
- Liping Jing
- Liwei Huang
- Mengdi Zhang
- Ming Liu
- Pascale Fung
- Peng He
- Pengyuan Liu
- Qi Su
- Qin Xuan
- Qinghua Zhu
- Qishun Wang
- Qiu Jiangnan
- Sheng Zhang
- Shu Rong
- Shuliang Wang
- Sicong Shou
- Tianji Wu
- Tianshu Chang
- Tiejian Luo
- Ting Wang
- Wang Chunling
- Wei Liang Liu
- Weinan Zhang
- Wenyi Shang
- Xiang Gu
- Xianpei Han
- Xiaohua Wang
- Xiaoyan Guo
- Xiaoyong Du
- Xihui Yang
- Xing Niu
- Xinruo Sun
- Xiong Fu
- Xiping Liu
- Xu Jia
- Xuzhong Wang
- Yafang Wang
- Yang Wang
- Yanxiang Xu
- Yi Cai
- Yinjie Lei
- Yong Yu
- Yongbin Liu
- Yu Zhou
- Yuan Lin
- Yuan Liu
- Yueguo Chen
- Yuqing Lu
- Yutao Ma
- Yuxiang Zhao
- Zengzeng Tang
- Zhaolin Wu
- Zhenyu Qi
- Zhiqun Chen
- Zhiwei Cai
- Zhunchen Luo