China Atlas

Author: Jin Shulan
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: "The Atlas of China" is a highly practical reference book, featuring 254 maps of various types, approximately 170,000 words of text, and about 40,000 place name entries. The atlas is produced using modern digital cartographic techniques, fully incorporating the distinctive elements of outstanding domestic and international atlases in terms of map layout, content selection, representation methods, printing, and binding, striving to achieve a harmonious unity of scientific rigor, knowledge, practicality, and artistic quality. The data used in the Atlas of China is authoritative and highly current. Administrative boundaries at the provincial and prefecture levels are drawn based on the 1:1,000,000 "Official Atlas of Administrative Boundaries of the People's Republic of China" issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping in June 2004, with administrative division data up to June 2004. Statistical data in the preliminary maps and text descriptions primarily adopts information from the 2003 editions of the "China Statistical Yearbook," "China City Statistical Yearbook," and "China Population Statistical Yearbook."