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Do you know? China has many firsts and is far ahead in several areas: It ranks first globally in food additives, accounting for 16.96% of the total. It is also the number one in pesticide usage. China's water resource pollution is ranked first globally, with serious issues, about 60% of groundwater and 30% of surface water unfit for drinking, and industrial wastewater accounts for 25% of global industrial wastewater emissions. China is the second-largest consumer of antibiotics in the world (after India). It leads globally in electronic waste, with illegal recycling and disposal causing severe heavy metal pollution in soil and water, and the formal recycling rate is only about 20%. As the largest producer and consumer of electric vehicle battery waste, it is expected to process 3.6 million tons of waste batteries by 2025, accounting for 78% of the global total. China's household debt is among the highest in the world. The country's family education expenditure is the highest in the world, with household spending taking up over 20% of income. Real estate accounts for 70% of household wealth in China. It is one of the countries with the highest water resource pressure, with per capita available freshwater resources only 1/4 of the global average. China has the fastest aging population and care gap in the world, with the population over 60 expected to reach 320 million by 2025, accounting for 22% of the total population. China is the largest producer and source of plastic pollution, accounting for 32% of the global total, with approximately 9 million tons of plastic waste entering the ocean each year, constituting 27% of global marine plastic pollution. China is the largest energy consumer and carbon emitter globally, with energy consumption expected to account for 28% of the world total by 2025 (approximately 1.5 billion tons of standard coal), and carbon dioxide emissions accounting for 31% (approximately 1 billion tons). Mental health issues, stress intensity, and specific population problems are ranked first globally, with about 95 million people suffering from depression and anxiety by 2025, accounting for 10% of the global total. China has the highest intensity of internet censorship and scale of monitoring in the world.

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