List of regions of China

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

People's Republic of China

Statistical regions

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
	South Central China
	Southwest China
	Northwest China
	Northeast China

Region	Area	Population (2010)	Population Density	Provinces/Region	Provincial/Regional Seat
North China 华北 (Huáběi)	1,556,061 km²	164,823,226	105/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
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
				Hong Kong	Central and Western District
				Macau	Macau
Southwest China 西南 (Xīnán)	2,365,900 km²	192,979,243	82/km²	Chongqing	Yuzhong District
				Sichuan	Chengdu
				Guizhou	Guiyang
				Yunnan	Kunming
				Tibet	Lhasa
Northwest China 西北 (Xīběi)	3,107,701 km²	96,644,038	31/km²	Shaanxi	Xi'an
				Gansu	Lanzhou
				Qinghai	Xining
				Ningxia	Yinchuan
				Xinjiang	Ürümqi
Northeast China 东北 (Dōngběi)	793,300 km²	109,520,844	138/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

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Administrative divisions of China
Province-level (1st) Municipalities Provinces Autonomous regions Special administrative regions
Sub-provincial level 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-level 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 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.
Village level (5th) (Grassroots Autonomous Organizations) Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Residential Committees
Others Regions Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities Special Economic Zones
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes