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Chinese Bank Holidays for 2008, 2009

China, formally known as the People's Republic of China, is a massive country in Eastern Asia and with the world's largest population.With coasts on the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, it borders Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam to the South; Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to the West; Russia and Mongolia to the North and North Korea to the East. Government - Communist state, Currency - Renminbi (yuan) (RMB, ¥, CNY). This year - Pig year, 2009 - Rat, 2010 - Ox, 2011 - Tiger. Population - 1,321,851,888 people (07'2007). from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Human Development Index 2007/2008 for China is 0.777, which gives the country a rank of 81-th out of 177 countries with data. from Statistics of the Human Development Report

Capital - Beijing (formally English name: Peking), consists of two central walled cities, the Outer City (containing the commercial quarter) and the Inner City, which contains the Imperial City, within which is the Purple or Forbidden City; three universities.

State power within the government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies: the Communist Party of China, the state, and the People's Liberation Army. The primary organs of state power are the National People's Congress (NPC), the President (Hu Jintao, Communist Party of China), and the State Council.

"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone - UTC +8.

The gross domestic product (GNP) of China in 2006 was estimated at about 20% that of the USA. It ranks as the 4-th largest economy behind the US, Japan, and Germany.

The "big four" state-owned commercial banks are the Bank of China, the China Construction Bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the Agricultural Bank of China.

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Traditional Chinese Observances