Time zone: GMT + 8 hours
Location: eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam.
Capital: Beijing
Currency: yuan (currency code CNY) - also referred to as the Renminbi (RMB)
Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages. Business language: Mandarin
Airport authority contact information: Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), Beijing Airport,155 Dongsi Xi Dajie, Beijing. Telephone: +86 (0)10 6456 3220
Airports: In 2005 China had 507 airports, only 332 of which have a paved runway, the most significant of which are:
Aksu Airport
Altay Airport
Ankang Airport
Anqing Airport
Anyang Airport
Baiyun Airport
Baoshan Airport
Baotou Airport
Beihai Airport
Beijing Capital Airport
Beijing Nanyuan Airport
Changchun Airport
Changde Airport
Changhai Airport
Changsha Airport
Changzhi Airport
Changzhou Airport
Chengdu Airport
Chifeng Airport
Chongqing Airport
Daguocun Airport
Dalian Airport
Datong Airport
Daxian Airport
Dayong Airport
Dazu Airport
Dongsheng Airport
Dunhuang Airport
Enshi Airport
Fuyang Airport
Fuyun Airport
Fuzhou Airport
Ganzhou Airport
Gasa Airport
Golmud Airport
Guanghan Airport
Guanghua Airport
Guilin Airport
Guiyang Airport
Haikou Airport
Hailar Airport
Hami Airport
Hangzhou Airport
Hanzhong Airport
Hanzhong Airport
Hefei Airport
Heihe Airport
Hengyang Airport
Hohhot Airport
Hotan Airport
Huanghua Airport
Huangyan Airport
Jiamusi Airport
Jiayuguan Airport
Jilin Airport
Jinan Airport
Jingdezhen Airport
Jinjiang Airport
Jiuquan Airport
Karamay Airport
Kashi Airport
Korla Airport
Kunming Airport
Kuqa Airport
Laishan Airport
Lanzhou Airport
Lanzhou Zhongchuan
Lanzhoudong Airport
Lhasa Airport
Liangping Airport
Liangyungang Airport
Liuzhou
Luoyang Airport
Lushan Airport
Luzhou Airport
Mangshi Airport
Meixian Airport
Mudanjiang Airport
Nanchang Airport
Nanchong Airport
Nanjing Airport
Nanyang Airport
Ningbo Airport
Qiemo Airport
Qingdao Airport
Qingyang Airport
Qinhuangdao Airport
Qiqihar Airport
Sanya Airport
Shanghai Hong Qiao Airport
Shanghai Pudong Airport
Shanhaiguan Airport
Shanshan Airport
Shantou Swatow Airport
Shanzhou Airport
Shaoguan Airport
Shashi Airport
Shenyang Airport
Shenzhen Airport
Simao Airport
Ulanhot Airport
Urumumqi Airport
Wanxian Airport
Wenzhou Airport
Wenzhou Airport
Wuhan Airport
Wuzhou Changzhoud
Xi An Xianyang
Xiamen Airport
Xiangfan Airport
Xichang Airport
Xiguan Airport
Xilinhot Airport
Xingcheng Airport
Xingning Airport
Xining Airport
Xuzhou Airport
Yanan Airport
Yanji Airport
Yibin Airport
Yichang Airport
Yilan Airport
Yinchuan Airport
Yinning Airport
Yiwu Airport
Yuanmou Airport
Yulin Airport
Zhanjiang Airport
Zhaotong Airport
Zhengzhou Airport
Zhoushan Airport
Zhuhai Airport
Zunyi Airport
