With a recorded history of more than 4000 years, China is regarded as one of the four great ancient civilizations of the world, together with ancient Egypt, Babylon and India.

• 中国有文字可考的历史可以追述到4000多年前,中国被认为是同古代埃及、巴比伦和印度齐名的世界四大古代文明之一。