mainland China

American  

noun

1. the People's Republic of China, as distinguished from Taiwan.

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Other Word Forms

• mainland Chinese adjective

Example Sentences

Japanese retail giant Fast Retailing lifted its 2025-26 annual net profit forecast on Thursday, buoyed by a strong performance in mainland China.

From Barron's

Exports rose thanks to improving demand across Europe, the Americas and mainland China, S&P Global said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beijing said it would freeze the assets of the sanctioned entities, ban them from Chinese transactions and prohibit the executives from entering mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

From The Wall Street Journal

Savers in mainland China are increasingly looking to invest outside the country as a result of unappealing domestic alternatives, Edward Firth and Elise Yu Ge say.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lai, who was born in mainland China, fled to Hong Kong when he was 12 years old and got his footing as a businessman after founding the international clothing brand Giordano.

From BBC