China's Provinces, Autonomous Regions, Centrally Administered Municipalities and Special Administrative Regions
| Name | Seat of Government | Area (100,000sqkm) | Population (100,000) |
| Beijing Municipality |
Beijing |
0.168 |
125.7 |
|
Tianjin Municipality |
Tianjin | 0.113 | 95.9 |
| Hebei Province | Shijiazhuang | 1.900 |
661.4 |
|
Shanxi Province |
Taiyuan |
1.560 |
320.4 |
|
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region |
Hohhot |
11.830 |
236.2 |
| Liaoning Province | Shenyang | 1.457 | 417.1 |
| Jilin Province |
Changchun |
1.870 |
265.8 |
| Heilongjiang Province | Harbin | 4.690 | 379.2 |
| Shanghai Municipality | Shanghai | 0.062 | 147.4 |
| Jiangsu Province | Nanjing |
1.026 |
721.3 |
| Zhejiang Province | Hangzhou |
1.018 |
447.5 |
| Anhui Province | Hefei |
1.390 |
623.7 |
|
Fujian Province |
Fuzhou | 1.200 |
331.6 |
| Jiangxi Province |
Nanchang |
1.666 |
423.1 |
|
Shandong Province |
Jinan |
1.530 |
888.3 |
|
Henan Province |
Zhengzhou |
1.670 |
938.7 |
|
Hubei Province |
Wuhan |
1.874 |
593.8 |
| Hunan Province |
Changsha |
2.100 |
653.2 |
| Guangdong Province |
Guangzhou |
1.860 |
727.0 |
|
Guangxi Autonomous Region |
Nanning |
2.363 |
471.3 |
|
Hainan Province |
Haikou |
0.340 |
76.2 |
| Chongqing Municipality |
Chongqing |
0.820 |
307.5 |
| Sichuan Province | Chengdu |
4.880 |
855.0 |
|
Guizhou Province |
Guiyang | 1.700 |
371.0 |
| Yunnan Province | Kunming |
3.940 |
419.2 |
|
Tibet Autonomous Region |
Lhasa |
12.200 |
25.6 |
| Shaanxi Province | Xi'an | 2.050 | 361.8 |
|
Gansu Province |
Lanzhou |
4.500 |
254.3 |
| Qinghai Province | Xining |
7.200 |
51.0 |
|
Ningxia Autonomous Region |
Yinchuan |
0.664 |
54.3 |
|
Xinjiang Autonomous Region |
Urumqi |
16.000 |
177.4 |
|
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
Hong Kong |
0.01092 |
68.4 (in mid 1999) |
|
Macao Special Administrative Region |
Macao | 0.00024 |
4.3 |
| Taiwan Province | 0.360 | 217.4 (at the end of 1997) |
(Source: website of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs)