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【England synthesizes introduce】

England's full title is "Great Britain and the Northern Ireland united kingdom" by approaches no rtheast the Europe con ti nent the seacoast British archipelago majority of islands to be composed. She separates North Sea, Straits of Dover and the English Channel faces one another with the Europe continent is an island country. according to the history, the geography and the national character divides into England, Scotland, Wales, the Norther n Irela nd four parts, En glish people acco unt for the total populati on 80%.E ngla nd is the moder n times In dustrial Revoluti on place of origi n, the official n ame "the un ited kin gdom, t he national area altogether 244,000 square kilometers, the population nearly 59 million, the inhabitant multi- letters Christianity protestantism, the Northern Ireland area partial inhabitants believe Catholicism some Englishes also believe in the Islamism, Buddhism, Hinduism, the race, the Judaism and so on. The entire boundary by approaches northeast the Europe continent the seacoast British archipelago majority of isla nds to be composed, separates North Sea, Straits of Dover and the English Channel faces one another with the Europe continent is an island country. Coastline total length 11,000 kilometers. The east side British island is in the archipelago the biggest islands, also is the English most main national territory. It by the north Scotland, south and the middle England and the north-west Welsh three areas is composed. 【British flag ]

comprehensive the original England (white-floored red flag), Scotland is cross to the white cross cross (blue flag) and Ireland (Red Cross cross white-floored flags of the flag) symbol. Now the

red Flag is white cross on behalf of England patron saint st. George, the white cross cross for Scotla nd, the red guard sacred An drew cross cross represe ntative Irish patr on saint st. Patrick British Flag, com mon ly known as the "MiZiQi", the official n ame is the Union Flag ,

and ofte n called" the Un io n Jack". Jack is navy terms, refers to the flag hanging in prows.

Union Flag is meaning "joint flags". British flag represent England patron saint of cross st. George's, Scotla nd guard sacred An drew and Irish patr on saint st. Patrick.

【British national anthem ]

British n ati onal an them produced in the 1740s, formerly known as the fort une favors the king "in 1837 queen Victoria to 1901 days and 1952 Elizabeth ii was renamed asortune favors the queen,"after praise king of England, it is the songs.

【British population ]

Britain is the typical gentleman lady of the township life conservative and speak tradition, but also respect pers onal freedom and thought the n atio n. Tolera nee Brita in's populati on 6020 million (about in June 2005), including England, Scotland 5040 million population da da 510 millio n to 300 milli on, wales, Norther n Irela nd 170 milli on. 80% of the populati on in the city, London's population 1/5 of China's population. Both official and Ianguage is English. Wales, northern still use welsh Scottish highlands and Northern Ireland northwest parts still use the Gaelic Ian guage. Reside nts,mai n poin ts, protesta nt Christia n church of En gla nd (also called anglicans, its members accounted for about 60 percent of British adults) and the church of Scotland (also called Presbyterian, have adult christians 66 million).

【language and religion]

the official language is English. Wales, northern Scottish highlands in wales and Northern Irela nd still n orthwest part is still use the Gaelic Ian guage. Religious mainly protesta nt Christia n church of England (also known as Anglican, its members about 60% of British adults) and the church of Scotland (also called Presbyterian). Otherwise the Catholic church and buddhist, Hin du, j ewish and Muslim big religious orga ni zati ons.

【climate ]

British pop level con trol, mild in the wet, the four seas on sis cha nging. Temperate deciduous broadleaved forest belt. Usually the highest temperature not more than 32 °C , the lowest temperature not below - 10 C, the annual average temperature in the January 4 ~ C ~ 17 C, July 13th. The average annual rainfall of about 1000 mm. Northern and western mountainous area rai nfall 2000 millimeters, cen tral and east less tha n 800 mm. From February to March 10 mon ths to most dry, wet year. Most January

【resources and traffic ]

British major mineral resources are coal, iron, oil and gas. YingMei reserves total 17 millio n tons. About 38 milli on tons of ir on reserves. Corn wall penin sula southwest a tank. In Cheshire and da pull mu containing large rock salt. Stafford county has high quality clay. Corn wall produces and white clay. Rush ning mou ntai n slope penin sula dolost one can be mi ned. Lan cashire n earby hill southwest xerox Shi Yin gDa force field. North sea oil reserves in England nearly 10 ~ 40 tons of continental shelf in between. Natural gas reservesin 25,850 about 86-hundred ~ about billion cubic meters. British transport infrastructure is complete. Highway, railway, waterway, air tran sport are more developed. London has very subway n ets. In 1994 the cha nnel tunnel breakthrough, and mainland Europe, En gla nd are conn ected railway system. The private en terprise as the main body of the economy, acco un ti ng for 60% of GDP. Service industry is the mainstay industry, British economy of GDP three-fourths. Under the in flue nce of the global finan cial crisis, the British banking steelmakers, econo mic situati on grim. In addition, the energy industry in the UK economy, occupies an important position in recent years the UK government emphasize to improve energy efficiency and renewable energy, foun ded the con structi on "a low carb on economy" goal. 【political ]

Britai n is in the Europea n, in 25 years mai ntai n and develop the relati on ship betwee n the eu and Chin a, it always and en thusiastic supporters. Brita in in the Chin ese biggest eu coun tries investors. Britain's constitution is different from most of the country's constitution, not a separate docume nt, it is the com mon law, practice by statute, composed. Mainly magna carta (1215), pers on al protecti on act (1679 years), the bill of rights (1689 years), the parliame nt method (1911 and 1949) and former modified the electoral law, the city autonomy, county council method and so on. Regime for constitutional monarchy. Parliament is the highest legislative and

judicial authority, j un, up, or dow n) and (651 civilia ns. The sen ate members in clude royal desce nt, hereditary no ble, life long no ble, appeal court judges and church bishop and bishop. In November 1999, the senatereform bill passed,in addition to stay outside, 92 people lost more than 600 hereditary noble lords of the qualification, and not a political appo in ted Lord will special royal commissi on recomme nded. The house of Commons also called civilian courts, senators by universal suffrage, adopt the most votes elected district elected system, small for a term of five years. But the government may decide that early electi ons. The gover nment impleme nt cab inet system by quee n appo in tme nt in won a majority in parliame ntary electi ons the party leader and prime mini ster resp on sible for his appo in tme nt to the parliame nt. The gover nment impleme nted the cab inet system by its desig nated seats. In parliamentary majority leader is responsible to parliament for the prime minister and his appo in tme nt.

British energy resources are rich in european countries, in the first place, not only has a great deal of oil and gas resources, and coal reserves also is very rich. Steel and alu minum also have certa in reservesCoastal fisheries resources abundant.

【Britain's economic ]

Britain's GDP in western countries in the sixth, behind the United States, Japan, Germany, France and Italy. The private enterprise is the subject of the UK economy, accounting for 82% of GDP and of total employment 79%. Britain is the beginning of the capitalist countries in dustrializati on process. The first time the in dustrial revoluti on; first occurs in Brita in 1850, in dustrial output in the world in the UK, 39 perce nt in world trade, all 21 perce nt in the monopoly position; The first world war, Britain's economic strength suffered a serious blow, British possessi on of 250 years lost; seas After the sec ond world war, Brita in's econo mic power have bee n

badly weake ned, colonial market further n arrow ing; In the late 1960's push ing the high taxes, welfare and nationalization policy that the UK economy is in extreme difficult; However, the British of in dustrial developme nt history Ion ger have relatively complete n atio nal econo mic system and in dustrial system, so there is still the world's coun tries with strong econo mic stre ngth; I n 1973, Britai n joi ning the Europea n econo mic com muni ty, cha nged its depe ndence on com mon wealth and develop ing coun tries to stre ngthe n the rule of the tradi ng relations with European countries; By Margaretthatcher in 1979, when the conservative gover nment headed over "E nglish disease" bega n, the measures are: emphasis on econo mic role play market, reduce state intervention, retrench and lower taxes, rectify welfare, adjust the foreig n excha nge con trol, i ndustrial, can cel its privatizati on and mon etarist policies and as a result, the UK economy had apparent recovery; In recent years, its services in the proportion of GDP is con ti nu ously in creas ing, and have acco un ted for, and in dustrial proporti on is tak ing up 71.1 percent reduced gradually, and accounted for only 27.1%; English is the world's third largest foreig n inv estor, the mai n creditor's rights, British or one of the world's largest in visible trade one of import and export coun tries.

British in dustrial base is a steel manu facturi ng, heavy in dustry, cott on, coal mine, shipbuild ing. Manu facturi ng the curre nt is still an importa nt part of British in dustry; In dustrial steel products are mai nly, aerospace, chemical in dustry, plastic products, textile, shoes, clothi ng and electronic instrument industry, motor vehicles and transport equipment, energy supply, etc.; In additi on, pharmaceutical, electr on ic (in cludi ng computer), aviatio n tech no logy and other fields have a prominent developme nt; Moreover, the foreig n inv estme nt en terprises in En glish has become an importa nt part of its economy.

Britain's service industry in the national economy has important position, the merchandise wholesale, retail, the hotel in dustry is very flourishi ng, finan ce, in sura nee, more as a world

leader; Its services output value acco unts for about 65% of GDP, nu mber of employees acco un ted for 75% of the total employme nt, and in dustrial producti on departme nt has the close relatio n.

British agriculture accounts for the national total population 2.1%, the production of labor agricultural products can satisfy the n atio nal food dema nd 70%, agricultural output value of gross domestic product 1.5%; Britain is cattle, food, agricultural chemical, agricultural machinery, the main exporters 77 percent of land used for farming, the main crops have wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, oil, beet, etc.; Main fruits and vegetables have mushroom, carrots, celery class, apple, strawberry, wood blackberry and gree nhouse cultivati on of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, etc.; The ani mal husba ndry developed, ani mal by-products more. Wool, cowhide, milk products are high quality, ani mal husba ndry products process ing in dustry such as wool, dairy products process ing and leather process ing etc are also relatively developed. Fisheries can meet its needs 60, main fry has Die, cod, cod, halibut, black by silver carps and the herring, etc.; Britain 237.95 million hectares of forest area, the forest coverage rate of 10%.

【culture education ]

and teach ing equipme nt are better, but fees are high, the stude nt more for a millio naire. Britai n is higher education in the world the most developed countries, have the world's top higher education levels, higher education system is the birthplace of modern civilization. Britain is the world's oldest uni versity, also have a large nu mber of the world's top uni versities, for the UK and world nurtured many outstanding scientists and statesman and so on . The famous British university, Oxford University, university of Cambridge, university college London imperial college, Sheffield university, university of Edinburgh, Birmingham university, London political and economic institute, the university of Manchester in England, Newcastle university and the uni versity of Nott in gham and so on .

British educati on gen erally divided into five stages. The first stage is the age in 3-5 years