China Dimensions World Wide Web Site

--Mitchell Hobish, mkh@sciential.com

CIESIN and its Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) are pleased to announce on-line availability of the China Dimensions World Wide Web site. This site offers access to a unique data collection that has been designed to facilitate a wide range of natural science and socioeconomic research and educational activities. It enables both researchers and the general public to obtain accurate and timely information on the world's most populous country. The China Dimensions URL is:

http://plue.sedac.ciesin.org/china

Highlights of the China Dimensions WWW site include the following data resources:

1. China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1990.

2. GB (Guo Biao -- National Standard) Codes for the Administrative Divisions of the People's Republic of China.

3. Fundamental GIS: Digital Chart of China, 1:1M, Version 1. Includes layers for roads, railroads, drainage system, contours, populated places and urbanized areas.

4. Interactive access to the China Census of Population, 1% Sample, 1982.

5. County-Level Data on Population and Agriculture, 1990: Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map.

6. County-Level Data on Provincial Economic Yearbooks, 1990-91: Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map.

7. Agricultural Statistics of the People's Republic of China, 1949-94.

8. County-Level Data on Hospitals and Epidemiology Stations, 1950-85.

9. Priority Program for China's Agenda 21.

In addition, nation-level statistics on China are available through interactive access to the World Bank's Social Indicators of Development, Trends in Developing Economies and Monitoring Environmental Progress, and World Resources Institute's World Resources 1996-97.

For more information, please contact CIESIN User Services by e-mail at ciesin.info@ciesin.org or by telephone at (517) 797-2727.