List of regions of China


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

Republic of China">Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China

Nationalist Era">Nationalist government">Nationalist Era regions

NRA military regions

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.
RegionMapAreaPopulation
Population
Density		Provinces/RegionProvincial/Regional Seat
North China
华北 		1,556,061 km²164,823,226105/km²BeijingDongcheng District
North China
华北 		1,556,061 km²164,823,226105/km²TianjinHeping District
North China
华北 		1,556,061 km²164,823,226105/km²HebeiShijiazhuang
North China
华北 		1,556,061 km²164,823,226105/km²ShanxiTaiyuan
North China
华北 		1,556,061 km²164,823,226105/km²Inner MongoliaHohhot
Northeast China
东北 		793,300 km²109,520,844138/km²LiaoningShenyang
Northeast China
东北 		793,300 km²109,520,844138/km²JilinChangchun
Northeast China
东北 		793,300 km²109,520,844138/km²HeilongjiangHarbin
East China
华东 		795,837 km²384,364,968483/km²ShanghaiHuangpu District
East China
华东 		795,837 km²384,364,968483/km²JiangsuNanjing
East China
华东 		795,837 km²384,364,968483/km²ZhejiangHangzhou
East China
华东 		795,837 km²384,364,968483/km²AnhuiHefei
East China
华东 		795,837 km²384,364,968483/km²FujianFuzhou
East China
华东 		795,837 km²384,364,968483/km²JiangxiNanchang
East China
华东 		795,837 km²384,364,968483/km²ShandongJinan
South Central China
中南 		1,014,354 km²383,559,808378/km²HenanZhengzhou
South Central China
中南 		1,014,354 km²383,559,808378/km²HubeiWuhan
South Central China
中南 		1,014,354 km²383,559,808378/km²HunanChangsha
South Central China
中南 		1,014,354 km²383,559,808378/km²GuangdongGuangzhou
South Central China
中南 		1,014,354 km²383,559,808378/km²GuangxiNanning
South Central China
中南 		1,014,354 km²383,559,808378/km²HainanHaikou
South Central China
中南 		1,014,354 km²383,559,808378/km²Central and Western District
South Central China
中南 		1,014,354 km²383,559,808378/km²Macau
Southwest China
西南 		2,365,900 km²192,979,24382/km²ChongqingYuzhong District
Southwest China
西南 		2,365,900 km²192,979,24382/km²SichuanChengdu
Southwest China
西南 		2,365,900 km²192,979,24382/km²GuizhouGuiyang
Southwest China
西南 		2,365,900 km²192,979,24382/km²YunnanKunming
Southwest China
西南 		2,365,900 km²192,979,24382/km²TibetLhasa
Northwest China
西北 		3,107,701 km²96,644,03831/km²ShaanxiXi'an
Northwest China
西北 		3,107,701 km²96,644,03831/km²GansuLanzhou
Northwest China
西北 		3,107,701 km²96,644,03831/km²QinghaiXining
Northwest China
西北 		3,107,701 km²96,644,03831/km²NingxiaYinchuan
Northwest China
西北 		3,107,701 km²96,644,03831/km²XinjiangÜrümqi

Other kinds of statistics

RegionAreaPopulation
Population
Density		Provinces included & Notes
North China
1,082,492 km²153,180,300142/km²Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia
Northeast China
1,266,869 km²121,163,77096/km²Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Eastern Inner Mongolia
East China832,028 km²407,527,091499/km²The 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 China564,700 km²216,945,029384/km²Henan, Hubei, and Hunan
South China449,654 km²166,614,779371/km²Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau
Western China3,978,700 km²289,623,28173/km²Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang

Economic regions

PLA military regions