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How does China compare with the rest of the world on the things a visitor actually sees? Each page below gives one ranking, the per-person figure where it changes the picture, the original source, the data year and the date PreeChina last checked it.
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Italy has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites (62), followed by China (61).
Data year 2026 · Checked Oct 2026China has by far the most high-speed rail: 40,493 km in operation at the end of 2023 on UIC's count, 68% of the world total and about ten times Spain, the next country.
Data year 2023 · Checked Oct 2026Shanghai has the longest metro network in the world (802 km at the end of 2023), followed by Beijing (761 km).
Data year 2023 · Checked Oct 2026Greater Tokyo had the busiest metro system in 2023, ahead of Moscow and Shanghai.
Data year 2023 · Checked Oct 2026The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou, opened in 2025, is the highest bridge in the world: its deck is 625 m above the river.
Data year 2025 · Checked Oct 2026The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is 55 km long end to end.
Official figures · Checked Oct 2026Hong Kong has the most completed buildings of 150 m or taller (569); Shenzhen has the most of 200 m or taller (200).
Data year 2026 · Checked Oct 2026The Three Gorges station on the Yangtze is the largest hydropower station in the world (22,500 MW), and Baihetan on the Jinsha River is second (16,000 MW).
Official figures · Checked Oct 2026Atlanta was the busiest airport in 2025 with 106.3 million passengers.
Data year 2025 · Checked Oct 2026Under the UN's 2025 method, Jakarta is the largest city in the world (41.9 million).
Data year 2025 · Checked Oct 2026China had 7,046 registered museums at the end of 2024, about one for every 200,000 people, and they received 1.49 billion visits that year.
Official figures · Checked Oct 2026China (mainland) grew 16.26 million tonnes of tea leaves in 2024, about half of the world's tea (50%).
Data year 2024 · Checked Oct 2026China (mainland) produced 601.28 million tonnes of vegetables in 2024, about 51% of the world total.
Data year 2024 · Checked Oct 2026China (mainland) produced 274.01 million tonnes of fruit in 2024, about 29% of the world total.
Data year 2024 · Checked Oct 2026China (mainland) produced 57.06 million tonnes of pork in 2024, about 46% of the world total.
Data year 2024 · Checked Oct 2026China (mainland) produced 64.2 million tonnes of fish and seafood in 2023, about 35% of the world total.
Data year 2023 · Checked Oct 2026In 2024, 88% of new cars sold in Norway were battery-electric.
Official figures · Checked Oct 2026CC BY 4.0
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