Borders of China

Border marker of China.

Border guards' booth on the sea coast in Zhuhai, Guangdong, across which is Macau.

Several smaller models of the former Chinese border gates into Russia

A modern border gate at Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia into Russia

The People's Republic of China has international borders with 14 sovereign states. In addition, there is a 30-km border with the special administrative region of Hong Kong, which was a British dependency before 1997, and a 3 km border with Macau, a Portuguese territory until 1999. With a land border of 22,117 kilometres (13,743 mi) in total it also has the longest land border of any country.

Below is a table of countries and territories who share a land border with China around its perimeter, counterclockwise from the east. The numbers in parenthesis are their lengths in miles.^[1]

 * In three sections, separated by Nepal and Bhutan. The length of China's border with India depends on the resolution of territorial conflicts between India and China, and between India and Pakistan.
 ¹ The length of China's border with North Korea depends on the resolution of the territorial conflict between China and North Korea over Mount Paektu and Jiandao.
 ² The length of China's border with Bhutan depends on the resolution of various territorial conflicts between India and China, and also between Bhutan and China.
 ³ The length of China's border with Nepal depends on the resolution of the territorial conflict between Nepal and India over the Kalapani territory.
 § The length of China's border with Myanmar depends on the resolution of the territorial conflict between India and China over Arunachal Pradesh.
 ‡ The length of China's border with Pakistan depends on the resolution of territorial conflicts between India and Pakistan.
 † In two sections, separated by Mongolia.

See also

• Chinese–Korean border fence
• McMahon Line
• Tumen River
• Frontier Closed Area

References