1.China is located in the east of Asia and the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.

Its territory is vividly compared to a golden rooster with its head facing east and tail facing west.

2.China's land area is about 9.6 million square kilometers, ranking the third in the world after Russia and Canada, almost equal to the area of the whole Europe.

3.China's territory spans more than 60 degrees from east to west, spanning five time zones, and is about 5200 kilometers from east to west.

4.China's territory spans nearly 50 degrees from north to south, with a north-south distance of about 5500 kilometers.

5.The northernmost point of China's territory is on the center line of Heilongjiang main channel (53 °N) to the north of Mohe River in Heilongjiang Province.

6.The southernmost end of China's territory is the Zengmu Underlying Sand (near 4 °N) in the the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.

7.The easternmost point of China's territory is at the intersection of Heilongjiang and the main waterway centerline of the Wusuli River in Heilongjiang Province (135 °E).

8.The westernmost end of China's territory is in the Pamirs Plateau of Xinjiang (73 °E).

9.China's mainland coastline is more than 18000 kilometers long, and there are many excellent harbors along the coast, which are convenient for ships to shelter from the wind and dock.

10.There are about 5000 islands in China, most of which are distributed in the sea area south of the Yangtze River estuary.

11.The largest archipelago in China is the Zhoushan Archipelago, which is located in the sea area east of Zhejiang Province.

12.There are four islands in the South China Sea, namely the Dongsha Islands, the Xisha Islands, the Zhongsha Islands and the Nansha Islands.

13.From south to north, China is bordered by the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

14.The inland sea is a sacred and inviolable territory of a country. The Bohai Sea between Shandong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula is China's inland sea.

15.The largest island in China is Taiwan Island, and the second largest is Hainan Island.

16.Liaodong Peninsula is the largest peninsula in China, and Shandong Peninsula is the second largest peninsula in China.

17.The Taiwan Strait is located between Fujian Province and Taiwan Province. It connects the South China Sea and the East China Sea from south to north. It is an important channel for China's maritime transport. People call it the "maritime corridor".

18.China is an earthquake prone country, and Taiwan Province is the province with the most frequent earthquakes in China.

19.There are 14 countries adjacent to China.

20.North Korea is neighboring China in the east;

21.The countries bordering China in the north are Russia and Mongolia.

22.The countries bordering China in the northwest are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

23.The countries bordering China in the west are Afghanistan and Pakistan.

24.Countries bordering China in the southwest include India, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan.

25.The countries bordering China in the south are Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

26.There are 6 countries across the sea from China.