少数民族代表在天门城楼上合影
Representatives of different ethnic groups at Tian'anmen Gate
少数民族代表 (49451 字节)



北京街景
A street scene of Beijing
北京街景 (50151 字节)

 　
中国人口总数为123626万人(截止1997年，不包括台湾省和香港、澳门地区)，是世界上人口最多的国家。中国是一个统一的多民族国家，由56个民族组成。其中汉族约占全国总人口的91.02%，其余为少数民族。在少数民族中壮族人口最多，为1555.6万人，珞巴族人口最少，仅2322人。汉族的语言和文字是中国通用的语言和文字，回族和满族也使用汉语，其余53个民族都使用本民族的语言，23个民族有自己的文字。
China had a population of 1,236.26 million by the end of 1997(excluding Taiwan,Hong Kong and Macao),more than any other country in the world.Chian is a united,mnlti-ethnic country of 56 ethnic groups.Among them,the Han people account for 91.02% of the total population and the rest people are minority ethnic groups.The largest minority ethnic group is the Zhuang nationality,totaling 15.556 million people while Lhoba,the smallest,has only 2,322 people.The Han people have their own spoken and written language, known as the Chinese language,which is commonly used thoughout China.The Hui and Manchu ethnic groups also use the Han(Chinese)languages. The other 53 ethnic groupsuse use their own spoken languages and 23 ethnic groups have  their own written languages.