Located in the east on the Asian continent on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean, the People's Republic of China has a land area of about 9.6 million sq km, and is the third-largest country in the world, next only to Russia and Canada. From north to south, the territory of China stretches from the center of the Heilong River north of the town of Mohe to the Zengmu Reef at the southernmost tip of the Nansha Islands, covering a distance of 5,500 km. From east to west, the nation extends from the confluence of the Heilong and Wusuli rivers to the Pamirs, covering a distance of 5,200 km. 中華人民共和國位于亞洲大陸的東部、太平洋西岸。陸地面積約960萬平方公里，僅次于俄羅斯和加拿大，是世界上第三大國。中國領(lǐng)土北起漠河以北的黑龍江江心，南到南沙群島南端的曾母暗沙，南北相距約5500公里；東起黑龍江與烏蘇里江匯合處，西到帕米爾高原，東西相距約5200公里。中國陸地邊界長達2.28萬公里，東鄰朝鮮，北鄰蒙古，東北鄰俄羅斯，西北鄰哈薩克斯坦、吉爾吉斯斯坦、塔吉克斯坦，西和西南與阿富汗、巴基斯坦、印度、尼泊爾、不丹等國家接壤，南與緬甸、老撾、越南相連。東部和東南部同韓國、日本、菲律賓、文萊、馬來西亞、印度尼西亞隔海相望。