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The Ancient Period Why are we called “the descendants of Yan and Huang (炎黄子孙)”? Chinese history began with two legendary figures—Emperor Huang and Emperor Yan, who, together with their tribes, inhabited the drainage area along the middle reaches of the Yellow River. By the time of Xia Dynasty, after centuries of living side by side, these two tribes had gradually merged into one. Consequently, the Chinese people usually themsfelf “the descendants of Yan and Huang”. Yu conquering the flood Yu inspired people to dig ditches to divert water instead of building dams. He worked ceaselessly for 13 years and succeeded in controlling the floods. The First Emperor of Qin He unified the Language, the measurement system and the currency, set up the prefectures and counties system, constructed the famous Great Wall and built extravagant palaces and mausoleums. Administrative Divisions (5 minutes) Three-tier system (三级建制), dividing the nation into provinces, counties and townships； At present China has 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities and two special administrative regions (SAR：特别行政区) Population (5 minutes) More recent data using sampling by the National Bureau of Statistics announced that at the end of 2005, the population of China was 1,307.56 million. What is “one child policy”? It is a policy of family planning, hoping to control the population increase, improve population quality. Distribution of the Ethnic groups 56 ethnic groups (Han, 91.59%) According to the fifth national census conducted in 2000, the population of all the 55 minority ethnic groups totaled 106,43 million, accounting for 8.41 percent of the total population of China. What is the ethnic policy in China? Equality, unity, mutual assistance and common prosperity are the basic principles of the Chinese government in handling the relations between ethnic groups. The Political System The Constitution of the People’s Republic of China is the fundamental law of the