Administrative Division System

 

Provinces: 23

Autonomous regions: 5

Municipalities: 4

Provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang; (see note on Taiwan)

Autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), Ningxia, Xinjiang Uygur, Xizang (Tibet)

Municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin

 

Source: Worden, Robert L., Andrea Matles Savada, and Ronald E. Dolan. China: A country study. 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1988. Print.

 

Chinese Provinces, Autonomous Regions, Centrally Administered Municipalities, and Special Administrative Regions

Name	Seat of Government	Area (10,000 sq. km)	Population* (10,000 persons)
Beijing Municipality	Beijing	1.68	1,538
Tianjin Municipality	Tianjin	1.13	1,043
Hebei Province	Shijiazhuang	19.00	6,851
Shanxi Province	Taiyuan	15.60	3,355
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region	Hohhot	119.75	2,386
Liaoning Province	Shenyang	14.57	4,221
Jilin Province	Changchun	18.70	2,716
Heilongjiang Province	Harbin	46.90	3,820
Shanghai Municipality	Shanghai	0.62	1,778
Jiangsu Province	Nanjing	10.26	7,475
Zhejiang Province	Hangzhou	10.18	4,898
Anhui Province	Hefei	13.90	6,120
Fujian Province	Fuzhou	12.00	3,535
Jiangxi Province	Nanchang	16.66	4,311
Shandong Province	Jinan	15.30	9,248
Henan Province	Zhengzhou	16.70	9,380
Hubei Province	Wuhan	18.74	5,710
Hunan Province	Changsha	21.00	6,326
Guangdong Province	Guangzhou	18.60	9,194
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region	Nanning	23.77	4,660
Hainan Province	Haikou	3.40	828
Chongqing Municipality	Chongqing	8.20	2,798
Sichuan Province	Chengdu	48.80	8,212
Guizhou Province	Guiyang	17.00	3,730
Yunnan Province	Kunming	39.40	4,450
Tibet Autonomous Region	Lhasa	127.49	277
Shaanxi Province	Xi'an	20.50	3,720
Gansu Province	Lanzhou	45.00	2,594
Qinghai Province	Xining	72.00	543
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region	Yinchuan	6.28	596
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region	Urumqi	165.58	2,010
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	Hong Kong	0.1103	694 (in mid-2005)
Macao Special Administrative Region	Macao	0.0027	48 (in mid-2005)
Taiwan Province		3.60	2,277 (at the end of 2005)

Source:

"Administrative Division System." China Through a Lens. China Information Center. Web. 31 Jan 2014.