The Republic of Mauritius is an island country located in the eastern part of Africa, about 800 kilometers away from Madagascar and 2,200 kilometers away from the African continent. As a volcanic island country, Mauritius is surrounded by coral reefs, the island landscape has different poses with different proportions, the coast is a narrow plain, the middle is the plateau mountain, and there are many mountains and isolated peaks. The entire territory of Mauritius is composed of the Island of Mauritius and other small islands. On March 12, 1968 it declared its independence from the British colonial rule after colonial rule by the Dutch and French. There are also a lot of Chinese on the island.

Mauritius was once the only place in the world where the dodo lived, while the bird became extinct at the end of the seventeenth century. Up to 2013, Mauritius was one of the three countries in Africa where the three human development indices were rated "high".