List of regions of China

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See also: Administrative divisions of China
Administrative divisions
of China
Province-level (1st)
Municipalities

Provinces

Autonomous regions

Special administrative regions
Sub-provincial cities

Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures

Sub-provincial city districts
Prefecture-level (2nd)
Prefectural cities

Autonomous prefectures

Leagues (Aimag)
(abolishing)

Prefectures

(abolishing)
Sub-prefectural cities

Provincial-controlled cities

Provincial-controlled counties

Provincial-controlled districts
County level (3rd)
Counties

Autonomous counties

County-level cities

Districts
Ethnic districts

Banners (Hoxu)
Autonomous banners

Shennongjia Forestry District

Liuzhi Special District

Wolong Special Administrative Region

Workers and peasants districts

(obsolete)
Analogous county level units
Management areas
Management committee
Township level (4th)
Townships

Ethnic townships

Towns

Ethnic towns

Subdistricts
Subdistrict bureaux

Sum

Ethnic sum

County-controlled districts
County-controlled district bureaux
(obsolete)

Management committees

Town-level city

(pilot)
Analogous township level units
Management areas
Management committee

Areas

Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region), Prison area, University towns, etc.
(Grassroots Autonomous Organizations)

Villages · Gaqa · Ranches
Village Committees

Communities

Residential Committees
Others

Capital cities

New areas

Autonomous administrative divisions

National central cities

Special Economic Zones

History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present

Administrative division codes

This is a list of traditional top-level regions of China.

People's Republic of China

Statistical regions

See also: Greater administrative area

This is a list of the 34 provincial-level divisions of the People's Republic of China grouped by its former greater administrative areas from 1949 to 1952.

  North China
  East China
  Southwestern China
  South Central China
  Northwestern China
  Northeast China
Region Map Area Population
(2010)		 Population
Density		 Provinces/Region Provincial/Regional Seat
North China
华北 (Huáběi)		 2,185,105 km2 164,823,136 75/km2 Beijing Dongcheng District
Tianjin Heping District
Hebei Shijiazhuang
Shanxi Taiyuan
Inner Mongolia Hohhot
East China
华东 (Huádōng)		 795,837 km2 384,364,968 483/km2 Shanghai Huangpu District
Jiangsu Nanjing
Zhejiang Hangzhou
Anhui Hefei
Fujian Fuzhou (PRC)
Kinmen (ROC)
Taiwan Taipei (PRC-claimed)
Zhongxing New Village (ROC)
Jiangxi Nanchang
Shandong Jinan
Southwestern China
西南 (Xīnán)		 2,365,900 km2 192,979,243 82/km2 Chongqing Yuzhong District
Sichuan Chengdu
Guizhou Guiyang
Yunnan Kunming
Tibet Lhasa
South Central China
中南 (Zhōngnán)		 1,014,354 km2 383,559,808 378/km2 Henan Zhengzhou
Hubei Wuhan
Hunan Changsha
Guangdong Guangzhou
Guangxi Nanning
Hainan Haikou
Northwestern China
西北 (Xīběi)		 3,107,900 km2 103,528,786 31/km2 Shaanxi Xi'an
Gansu Lanzhou
Qinghai Xining
Ningxia Yinchuan
Xinjiang Ürümqi
Northeast China
东北 (Dōngběi)		 791,826 km2 98,514,948 124/km2 Liaoning Shenyang
Jilin Changchun
Heilongjiang Harbin

Other kinds of statistics

Region Area Population
(2010)		 Population
Density		 Provinces included & Notes
North China
(without Eastern Inner Mongolia) 		1,082,492 km2 153,180,300 142/km2 Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia (without Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao)
Northeast China
(with Eastern Inner Mongolia) 		1,266,869 km2 121,163,770 96/km2 Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Eastern Inner Mongolia (Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao)
East China 832,028 km2 407,527,091 499/km2 The above-mentioned seven entities plus the claimed Taiwan Province.
Taiwan and its surrounding island groups are administered by the Republic of China but claimed by the People's Republic of China.
Central China 564,700 km2 216,945,029 384/km2 Henan, Hubei, and Hunan
South China 449,654 km2 166,614,779 371/km2 Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau
Western China 3,978,700 km2 289,623,281 73/km2 Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang

Economic regions

Further information: China Western Development, Northeast Area Revitalization Plan, and Rise of Central China Plan
  East Coast
  Western China
  Central China
  Northeast China

PLA military regions

Main article: Theater commands of the People's Liberation Army
The five theater commands of the PLA

See also

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