China's scuba diving is quite new. There is a lot of interesting dives to discover in this country.

Hainan island is well known for scuba. Try Sanya area dive sites.

Localisation: Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
Coordonnées géographiques: 35° 0' N, 105° 0' E
Côte: 14,500 km km
Climat: extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
Relief: mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east
Sommets: lowest point: Turpan Pendi -154 m highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m
Risques naturels: frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence
Monnaie: yuan (CNY)
Population: 1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.)
Langues: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
Capitale: Beijing
Découpage administratif: 23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities (shi, singular and plural) : provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang : autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang (Tibet) : municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin note: China considers Taiwan its 23rd province; see separate entries for the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau

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