CHINA,Shan Dong Area: 156,700 square kilometers Population: 90.79 million (2000 population census) Geography: Shandong Province is located along China's eastern coast and is in the lower Yellow River area. It is between the Huabei and Huadong areas. Shandong is located between 34° 23'N - 38° 24'N latitude and 114.48° 48'E - 122° 42'E longitude, and has a temperate humid climate. It borders on Hebei, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu; it is a communication hub on China's coastline. Natural Resources: Most (65%) of the province' s land is composed of plains and low-lying land; the remaining 35% is mountainous or hilly land. Natural lakes total 1,500 square kilometers in size, and forests cover 20% of the province. There are a few thousand types of useful organisms in Shandong. Its marine resources are very rich. It is one of the country' s major energy resource bases; 128 types of minerals have already been found and 30 types are economically important in China, such as gold, natural sulfur and gypsum. It ranks first in China in these and second in terms of oil, diamonds and magnesite. Also another 20 types of minerals including coal, natural gas and iron ore, rank tenth in importance nationally. People's life: In 2000, the total wages of staff and workers was 69,510 million Yuan. The per capita net income of rural residence was 2,659 Yuan. The average wage of staff and workers was 87,72 Yuan, and the per capita annual disposable income of urban households was 6,490 Yuan. The per capita living floor space was 13.75 m2 for urban areas and 23.61 m2 for rural areas. The gross retail sales of social consumer goods was 254.6 billion Yuan. The number of hospital beds was 214,800 thousand, and then number of doctors was 314,700 thousand. Education: Since the reforms of 1979, the development of Shandong' s higher education institutions became faster, the structure of middle schools was rearranged, and the quality of education was made the key of the reform process. By the end of 2000, there were 58 higher education institutions in Shandong Province, with the number of students enrolled being 303,826 and teachers 54,910; 4,475 secondary schools had 6,786,003 students enrolled and teachers 430,745; the province's 26,017 primary schools had 7,748,822 students and 440,161 teachers. i want to......... know what house they live in,how is the toliet in school .how they live in a cold weather .also how is their food looks like! achievement to get to know their culture,learn about them!!!and can't wait to go to the trip :)
