China is administratively divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 centrally administrative municipalities and 2 special administrative regions (SAR). Provinces: Hebei, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Taiwan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Hainan. Autonomous Regions: Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Ningxia, Tibet (Xizang), Xinjiang. 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: Beijing (Peking), Tianjin, Chongqing, Shanghai. 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): Hong Kong, Macao. 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. The statistics of each administrative division are collected from official and unofficial publications, updated constantly and for your reference only. |