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Chinese Cities and Provinces Information and Links

Chinese Cities and Provinces Information and Links

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General Statistics about Chinese Cities:

(The data are based on the statement issued by the Ministry of Construction, Nov. 2005)

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Related Population Data:
  • Total Population: 1.29533 billion (about 22% of total population in the world)

  • The most populated administrative region: Henan Province (92.56 million)

  • The least populated administrative region: Tibet (Xizang) Autonomous Region (2.62 million)

  • The province with the fastest increase in population during the past decade: Guangdong Province (37.5% increase);

  • University graduates in every 100,000 people: 3,611 (Compared with 1,422 in 1990)

  • The yearly average net increase of population: 12.79 million

  • The percentage of those who are over 65 years old: 6.96%

  • Total Number of Military Service Personnel: 2.5 million

  • The average lifespan: Male: 69 years; Female: 73 years

China's Three Major River Delta Areas

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

(China is administratively divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions*, 4 centrally administrative municipalities** and 2 special administrative regions (SAR)***.

Notes

* Autonomous Regions was provincial level administrative division of China, like province, an autonomous region has its won local government, but has more legislative rights. Autonomous Region is a minority entity which has higher population of a particular minority ethnic group.

** Municipalities are directly under the administration of central government. A municipality has the same political, economical and jurisdictional rights as a province;

*** Special Administrative Regions (SAR) was established specially designed for solving Hong Kong and Macao issues and based on the concept of "one country, two systems", SAR is in a pattern within which two completely different social systems (socialist system and capitalist system) and ideologies can coexist, SAR has more autonomous power regulated clearly by laws, including executive, legislative and independent judicial power.

**** Taiwan Issue: a result of China's civil war in late 1940s'. In the earlier years of separation of mainland China and Taiwan, both sides of China (also called People's Republic of China "PRC" or "communist China", "red China" , "mainland China") and Taiwan (also called Republic of China "ROC") claim the legal sovereignty over China. Mainland China keeps claiming Taiwan as one of its provinces while Taiwan regards itself as an independent country.)

**** The statistics of each administrative division are collected from official and unofficial publications, updated constantly and for your reference only.

China's 4 Municipalities
Beijing (Capital of China)
Area: 16,800 square km
Population: 13.82 million (2001)
Mayor: GUO Jinlong
Party Chief: LIU Qi
Official Website: Beijing
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Shanghai
Area: 6,200 square km
Population: 16.74 million (2001)
Mayor: HANG Zheng
Party Chief: XI Jinping
Official Website: (English) (Chinese) Shanghai Information
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Chongqing (Promoted as Municipality in 1997)
Area: 82,000 square km
Population: 30.90 million (2001)
Mayor: WANG Hong-ju
Party Chief: BO Xilai
Official Website: Chongqing
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Tianjin
Area: 11,300 square km
Population: 10.01 million (2001)
Mayor: DAI Xianglong
Party Chief: ZHANG Gaoli
Related Links:
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China's 23 Provinces
Anhui Province
Area: 139,000 square km
Population: 60.70 million
Capital: Hefei
Major Cities: Huangshan; Bengbu; Tongling; Ma'anshan;
Official Website: Anhui
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Jiangsu Province
Area: 102,600 square km
Population: 74.38 million (2006)
Capital: Nanjing -- Official Website (English) (Chinese)
Official Website: Jiangsu
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Fujian Province
Area: 120,000 square km
Population: 32.61 million
Capital: Fuzhou
Governor: HUANG Xiao-jing
Party Chief: LU Zhan-gong
Major Cities: Xiamen; Zhangzhou
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Jiangxi Province
Area: 166,600 square km
Population: 41.05 million
Capital: Nanchang
Governor: HUANG, Zhiquan
Party Chief: SU Rong
Official Website: Jiangxi
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Gansu Province
Area: 450,000 square km
Population: 24.67 million
Capital: Lanzhou
Governor: XU Shousheng
Party Chief: SU Rong
Major Cities: Dunhuang; Jiayuguan; Jiayuguan
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Jilin Province
Area: 187,000 square km
Population: 26.10 million
Capital: Changchun
Governor: HAN Changfu
Party Chief: WANG Min
Major Cities: Jilin; Tuman; Yanji
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Guangdong Province
Area: 186,000 square km
Population: 69.61 million
Capital: Guangzhou
Governor: Huang Huahua
Party Chief: WANG Yang
Official Website: Guangdong
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Liaoning Province
Area: 145,700 square km
Population: 41.16 million
Capital: Shenyang
Governor: ZHANG Wenyue
Party Chief: Li Ke-qiang
Official Website: Liaoning Liaoning News
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Guizhou Province
Area: 176,100 square km
Population: 36.576 million
Capital: Guiyang
Governor: LIN Shusen
Party Chief: SHI Zong-yuan
Major Cities: Anshun; Zunyi
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Qinghai Province
Area: 720,000 square km
Population: 4.88 millions
Capital: Xining
Governor: SONG Xiu-yan
Party Chief: ZHAO Le-ji
Official Website: Qinghai
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Hainan Province
Area: 34,000 square km
Population: 7.34 million
Capital: Haikou
Governor: Luo Baoming
Party Chief: Wei Liucheng
Major Cities: Sanya
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Shaanxi Province
Area: 205,000 square km
Population: 35.43 million
Capital: Xi'an
Governor: YUAN Chunqing
Party Chief: ZHAO Le-ji
Major Cities: Xianyang; Baoji; Hanzhong;
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Hebei Province
Area: 190,000 square km
Population: 64.84 million
Capital: Shijiazhuang
Governor: HU Chunhua (Since 2009)
Party Chief: BAI Ke-ming
Official Website: Hebei Hebei News
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Shandong Province
Area: 153,000 square km
Population: 90.79 million (2001)
Capital: Jinan
Governor: JIANG Daming
Party Chief: LI Jian-guo
Official Website: Shandong
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Heilongjiang Province
Area: 469,000 square km
Population: 38.11 million (2001)
Capital: Harbin
Governor: ZHANG Zuo-yi
Party Chief: QIAN Yunlu
Major Cities: Hailaer; Mohe; Mudanjiang; Qiqihar; Suifenhe
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Shanxi Province
Area: 156,000 square km
Population: 31.09 million
Capital: Taiyuan
Governor: YU You-jun
Party Chief: ZHANG Baoshun
Major Cities: Datong; Linfen; Yangquan
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Henan Province
Area: 167,000 square km
Population: 92.56 million (2001)
Capital: Zhengzhou
Governor: Guo Gengmao (Since 2009)
Party Chief: Xu Guangchun
Major Cities: Anyang; Kaifeng; Luoyang; Sanmenxia
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Sichuan Province
Area: 488,000 square km
Population: 84.28 million
Capital: Chengdu
Governor: JIANG Ju-feng
Party Chief: LIU Qibao
Official Website: Sichuan
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Hubei Province
Area: 187,400 square km
Population: 58.25 million
Capital: Wuhan
Governor: LUO Qing-quan
Party Chief: YU Zheng-sheng
Official Website: Hubei
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Yunnan Province
Area: 394,000 square km
Population: 40.42 million
Capital: Kunming
Governor: XU Rong-kai
Party Chief: BAI En-pei
Official Website: Yunnan
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Hunan Province
Area: 210,000 square km
Population: 64.28 million
Capital: Changsha
Governor: ZHOU Qiang
Party Chief: ZHANG Chun-xian
Major Cities: Changde; Hengyang; Xiangtan; Zhangjiajie
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Zhejiang Province
Area: 101,800 square km
Population: 43.43 million
Capital: Hangzhou
Governor: LU Zu-shan
Party Chief: ZHAO Hongzhu
Official Website: Zhejiang
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Taiwan and Taiwan Issue
Taiwan
Taiwan Issue: A result of China's civil war in late 1940s'. In the earlier years of separation of mainland China and Taiwan, both sides of China (also called People's Republic of China "PRC" or "communist China", "red China" , "mainland China") and Taiwan (also called Republic of China "ROC") claim the legal sovereignty over China. Mainland China keeps claiming Taiwan as one of its provinces while Taiwan regards itself as an independent country.)
Area: 36,000 square km
Population: 22.52 million (2002)
Capital: Taipei
Major Cities:
Taiwan Official Website: Taiwan Government
Related Information: Taiwan (ROC) "Government Information Office"

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China's 5 Autonomous Regions
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Area: 236,300 square km
Population: 45.89 million
Capital: Nanning
Chairman: LU Bing
Party Chief: GUO Shengkun
Major Cities: Beihai; Guilin; Liuzhou
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Tibet (Xizang) Autonomous Region
Area: 1,220,000 square km
Population: 2.62 million (2001)
Capital: Lhasa
Chairman: Qiangba Puncog
Party Chief: ZHANG Qing-li
Official Website: Tibet
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Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Area: 1,183,000 square km
Population: 23.07 million
Capital: Hohhot
Major Cities: Baotou; Chifeng; Wuhai
Click for more about Inner Mongolia...
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Area: 1,600,000 square km
Population: 16.89 million
Capital: Urumqi
Major Cities: Kashgar; Turfan
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Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Area: 66,400 square km
Population: 5.21 million
Capital: Yinchuan
Chairman: MA Qi-zhi
Party Chief: CHEN Jian-guo
Major Cities: Shizuishan
Click for more about Ningxia...

All Kinds of China Maps

China Wall Map
China Atlas
Atlas of China Knowledge
Tourist Atlas of China
Beijing Map, Shanghai Map, Guangzhou Map
Hong Kong Travel Map
Tibet Travel Map

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China's 2 Special Administrative Regions (SAR)
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) (U.K. handover to China in July of 1997)
Area: 1,103 square km
Population: 6.94 million (2001)
Chief Executive: Donald Tsang
Official Site of HK SAR
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Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) (Portugal handover to China in Dec. of 1999)
Area: 23.5 square km
Population: 513,427 (2006-12 data)
Chief Executive: Chui Sai On (elected on July 26, 2009)
Official Site: Official Website: www.gov.mo
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Special Report:

China diary: Astonishing ambition. BBC 08-02-27

GDP per capita in Shanghai over US$7,000
People's Daily, Feb. 8, 2007 - The per capita GDP in Shanghai is over US$7,000, according to a news conference held by the Information Office of Shanghai Municipal Government on February 7, 2007. Pan Jianxin, director general of the Shanghai Statistical Bureau, said at the conference that Shanghai's GDP per capita in 2006 was 57,310 yuan (US$7,189), according to the accounting methods used by the National Statistics Bureau, which take all permanent residents living in Shanghai for a minimum of half a year into consideration. According to international standards on statistics, GDP per capita in Shanghai in 2006 was 59,710 yuan (US$7,490), and takes into consideration all citizens living in Shanghai for a year or more.

Former provincial party official goes on trial
Nov.29, 2006 - Wang Zhaoyao, former deputy secretary of the Provincial Communist Party of China (CPC) Committee of east China's Anhui Province, went on trial on Wednesday. Wang is accused of taking bribes amounting to 7.04 million yuan (898,000 U.S. dollars) and failing to account for property worth 8.1 million yuan (1.02 million dollars). Wang also took advantage of his position to promote his wife and his wife's brothers to senior positions in local government departments. The trial at Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province started at 8:30 a.m. and ended at 3:00 p.m.. (Click for full report)

Shanghai Party Chief Sacked
Xinhua News, Sep. 25, 2006 - Chen Liangyu (DOB 1946-10), secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of Communist Party of China, has been sacked for his involvement in a social security fund scandal. Chen was also suspended from the posts of member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the CPC Central Committee, said a decision by the CPC Central Committee published on Monday. Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng has been appointed the acting secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the CPC by the CPC Central Committee. (Click for full report)

China punishes 416 officials for commercial bribery
China Daily, July 31, 2006 - Beijing -- China has so far punished a total of 416 civil servants amid a national move against commercial bribery which began in the middle of last year, said a senior official with the leading group on anti-commercial bribery under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) here Monday. Among the officials, 49 are city-level and 367 county-level ones, said Li Yufu, deputy director of the leading group, at a news conference which is CPC's first ever to tell the public information on its latest fruits of combating commercial bribery. He said 1,603 cases were related to state workers, taking up to 23 percent of the total, with 508 million yuan (US$63.5 million) of illicit money involved. In comparison, Li said, China tackled 6,972 commercial bribery cases during the period, involving 1.963 billion yuan (about US$245 million). (Click for full report)

  • The total number of Chinese cities is 661 (13 cities in 1978) .
  • The total number of towns is over 20,000.
  • Total urban population: 540 million (170 million in 1978) 49 cities with population over 1 million.
  • There are 5 provinces with population over 50 million. (2001)
  • All of China's 4 municipalities with population over 10 million (2001)
  • The most populated administration division: Henan Province with population 92.56 million (2001)
  • The least populated administration division: Tibet (Xizang) Autonomous Region with population 2.62 million (2001)

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Other China Population Statistics:

Year Total Population Urban Population Rural Population
1995 1.2112 billion  
1996 1.2239 billion 359.5 million (29.4%) 864.39 million (70.6%)
1997 1.2363 billion 369.89 million (29.9%) 866.37 million (70.1%)
1998 1.2481 billion  
1999 1.2591 billion 388.92 million (30.9%) 870.17 million (69.1%)
2000 1.29533 billion 36% 64%

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Year Birth Rate (Per Thousand) Death Rate (per thousand) Natural Growth Rate (per thousand)
1970 33.43  

25.83

1995 17.12 6.57
1996 16.98 6.56 10.42
1997 16.57 6.51 10.06
1998 16.30 6.50 9.53
1999 15.23 5.97 8.77
2000      

The year of 1998 saw19.91 million births, 8.07 million deaths of the population, with a net growth population of 11.84 million (compared with 12.37 million in 1997); More than 10% of total population is over 60 years old (1999 data).

China population is distributed unevenly with more in the east (more than 300 persons per square kilometer) and fewer in the west (about 40 persons per square kilometer. The national average density of population is 119 per square kilometer (1990 census). For basic urban population data, please visit "ChinaToday.com" Provinces and Cities page. The average size of household was 3.7 persons. The proportion of population aged at 0-14 was 26.4 percent, those aged 15-64 was 67.2 percent, and that of the people aged 65 and over was 6.4 percent. The Average Chinese Life-Span of the population was 70.8 years, that for male was 68.71, and female, 73.04. (Some of the above data are based on the report from China National Statistics Bureau, FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY).

  • Review of 5 Censuses in China:

Census Year Total Population Male Vs. Female
1 1953 582 million 107.6:100
2 1964 695 million 105.5:100
3 1982 1.008 billion 106.3:100
4 1990 1.134 billion 106.6:100
5 2000 1.266 billion 106.7:100

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