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Both international and the local standards for weights and measures are used in China.Most local people are still used to the Chinese standards when shopping in the market because they have got used to it. To make it convenient for foreigners, a list revealing the conversion between the metric system, the Chinese system and the imperial system are offered:

Unit of Length

Metric		Chinese		Imperial
Meter	Centimeter	Li	Chi	Mile	Feet	Inch
1	100	0.002	3	0.0006213712	3.2808	39.37
500	50000	1	1500	0.3106856	1640.42	19685.04
1609.344	160934.4	3.218688	4828.032	1	5280	63360
0.33	33	0.00066	1	0.0002026515	1.08	12.96
0.305	30.5	0.00061	0.914	0.0001893939	1	12

Unit of Weight

Metric	Chinese		Imperial
Kg	Jin	Liang	Pound
1	2	20	2.205 pound
0.5	1	10	1.102 pound
0.454	0.907	9.07	1 pound

Units of Area

Metric		Chinese	Imperial
Hectare	Sq meter	Mu	Acre	Sq yard	Sq feet
0.0001	1	0.001493	0.0002471044	1.196	10.7639
0.067	670	1	0.1655599	801.3133	7211.82
1	10000	15	2.471	11959.9	107639.1
0.405	4046.873	6.070	1	4840	43560.17

Unit of Capacity

Metric		Chinese	Imperial
Litre	Cu meter	Sheng	Gallon
1	0.001	1	0.2199692
4.546	0.004546	4.546	1
1000	1	1000	219.9692

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