8. The earliest and longest man-made canal in the world is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The canal was first built in the 5th century BC and was substantially extended twice during the Sui and Yuan dynasties. The canal begins at Tongxian County in Beijing in the north and ends in Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province in the south and is 1,801 kilometers in length.
4. The highest plateau in the world is China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with an average height of 4,500 meters above sea level. The Himalayan Mountain is located in southern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its highest peak,Mount Qomolangma(or Mount Everest) is 8,848.13 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak in the world.
1. The Giant Panda of China is one of the rarest animals in the world. Giant pandas live in remote high mountains in Sichuan,Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces and eat bamboo. They are a surviving species of the Fourth Ice Age and are known as a "living fossil". They are regarded as China's "national treasure".