China uses metric system in weights and measures. It has its own system in the past, so many people are still using the old system because they have got used to it. To make it convenient for you while you are in China, we list the following conversion tables between the metric system, the Chinese system and the imperial system.

Metric	Chinese	Imperial
1 km	2 li	0.62 mile
0.5 km	1 li	0.311 mile
1.609 km	3.218 li	1 mile
1 m	3 chi	3.281 feet
0.33 m	1 chi	1.07 feet
0.305 m	0.914 chi	1 foot
1 kg	2 jin	2.205 pound
0.5 kg	1 jin	1.102 pound
0.454 kg	0.907 jin	1 pound
1 hectare	15 mu	2.471 acres
0.067 hectare	1 mu	0.165 acres
0.405 hectare	6.070 mu	1 acres
1 litre	1 sheng	0.22 gallon
4.546 litre	4.546 sheng	1 gallon