Li () is a traditional unit of measurement for land area in China mainland. One li is 1/10th of a fen or 1/100 of a mu, equals 6+2⁄3 square meters or 7.973 square yards.
Conversions
In 1929, the Nationalist government of China promulgated the Weights and Measures Act to adopt the metric system as the official standard and to limit the newer Chinese units of measurement to private sales and trade. These newer "market" units are based on rounded metric numbers, and has been effective on China mainland since 1 January 1930.
+ Table of Chinese area units effective since 1930PinyinCharacterRelative valueMetric valueImperial valueNotesháo m7.18 sq ftlí (T) or (S) m7.973 sq ydfēn m79.73 sq ydmǔ (T) or (S)1 m797.3 sq yd0.1647 acre one mu (Chinese acre) =6000 square chi =60 square zhang =1/15 of a hectareqǐng (T) or (S)100 ha16.47 acreChinese hide
For more details, please see article Mu (land).
See also Chinese units of measurement
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