General Country Information
Capital: Beijing
Population: 1,330,141,295 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Single party-led State
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 365.6 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 634 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 14.156 million (2009)
Internet users: 298 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.45
World Rank 2005/2006: 77
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
China Association of the Blind
44 Beichizi Street, Dongcheng District
Beijing 100006
China
Tel: +86-10-6513-9719
Fax: +86-10-6513-9722
China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) - DPI National Assembly
44 Beichizi Street, Dongcheng District
Beijing 100006
China
http://www.cdpf.org.cn/english/home.htm
Email: gjp@cdpf.org.cn
Tel: +86-10-6513-9719
Fax: +86-10-6513-9722
China Rehabilitation Research Center (CRRC)
P.O. Box 2619
No.10, North Road
Fengtai District, Beijing 100077
China
http://www.crrc.com.cn
Email: crrcweb@163.com
Tel: +86-10-87569309
Fax: +86-10-67573428
China Welfare Fund for the Handicapped (CWFH)
http://www.cwfh.org.cn