Map of China: east–west divide, population and economic regions

GeographyRegions & CountriesAges 16–17

A hand-drawn map of China built from longitude/latitude coordinates, split into four economic regions — East, Central, West and Northeast — with the 105°E meridian as the natural east–west dividing line. Click a region to see its area, population from the 2020 national census and share of GDP; drag the year slider from 1980 to 2020 to watch national population growth slow under the effect of population policy. Students see clearly that the West covers nearly three-quarters of the area but holds only just over a quarter of the population and one-fifth of GDP.