Western China
Western China (
Urbanization
[edit]As part of the Xi Jinping administration's goal to urbanize 250 million citizens by 2025 as the first phase of a long-term green modernization plan, China seeks to resettle formerly rural people in provincial capitals, prefectural cities, and county-level towns in western China (as well as central China).[1]: 8
Administrative divisions
[edit]GB[2] | ISO No.[3] | Province | Chinese Name | Capital | Population | Density | Area | Abbr. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yú | 50 | Chongqing Municipality | Chóngqìng Shì |
Chongqing | 28,846,170 | 350.50 | 82,300 | CQ | 渝 |
Chuān (Shǔ) | 51 | Sichuan Province | Sìchuān Shěng |
Chengdu | 80,418,200 | 165.81 | 485,000 | SC | |
Guì (Qián) | 52 | Guizhou Province | 贵州 Gùizhōu Shěng |
Guiyang | 34,746,468 | 197.42 | 176,000 | GZ | 贵(黔) |
Yún (Diān) | 53 | Yunnan Province | Yúnnán Shěng |
Kunming | 45,966,239 | 116.66 | 394,000 | YN | |
Zàng | 54 | Tibet Autonomous Region | Xīzàng Zìzhìqū |
Lhasa | 3,002,166 | 2.44 | 1,228,400 | XZ | |
Shǎn (Qín) | 61 | Shaanxi Province | 陕西 Shǎnxī Shěng |
Xi'an | 37,327,378 | 181.55 | 205,600 | SN | 陕( |
Gān (Lǒng) | 62 | Gansu Province | Gānsù Shěng |
Lanzhou | 25,575,254 | 56.29 | 454,300 | GS | |
Qīng | 63 | Qinghai Province | Qīnghǎi Shěng |
Xining | 5,626,722 | 7.80 | 721,200 | QH | |
Níng | 64 | Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region | 宁夏 Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū |
Yinchuan | 6,301,350 | 94.89 | 66,400 | NX | 宁 |
Xīn | 65 | Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū |
Ürümqi | 21,813,334 | 13.13 | 1,660,400 | XJ |
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Cities with urban area over one million in population
[edit]Provincial capitals in bold.
# | City | Urban area[4] | District area[4] | City proper[4] | Prov. | Census date |
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1 | Chongqing[a] | 8,894,757 | 12,084,385 | 16,044,027 | CQ | 2010-11-01 |
2 | Chengdu | 6,316,922 | 7,415,590 | 14,047,625 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
3 | Xi'an | 5,206,253 | 6,501,190 | 8,467,838 | SN | 2010-11-01 |
4 | Kunming[b] | 3,140,777 | 3,272,586 | 6,432,209 | YN | 2010-11-01 |
5 | Ürümqi | 2,853,398 | 3,029,372 | 3,112,559 | XJ | 2010-11-01 |
6 | Guiyang | 2,520,061 | 3,034,750 | 4,322,611 | GZ | 2010-11-01 |
7 | Lanzhou | 2,438,595 | 2,628,426 | 3,616,163 | GS | 2010-11-01 |
8 | Yinchuan | 1,159,457 | 1,290,170 | 1,993,088 | NX | 2010-11-01 |
9 | Xining | 1,153,417 | 1,198,304 | 2,208,708 | QH | 2010-11-01 |
10 | Mianyang | 967,007 | 1,355,331 | 4,613,871 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
11 | Nanchong | 890,402 | 1,858,875 | 6,278,614 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
12 | Baoji | 871,940 | 1,437,802 | 3,716,737 | SN | 2010-11-01 |
13 | Wanzhou | 859,662 | 1,563,050 | see Chongqing | CQ | 2010-11-01 |
14 | Luzhou | 742,274 | 1,371,233 | 4,218,427 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
15 | Xianyang[c] | 730,704 | 945,420 | 5,096,001 | SN | 2010-11-01 |
16 | Hechuan | 721,753 | 1,293,028 | see Chongqing | CQ | 2010-11-01 |
17 | Zunyi | 715,148 | 1,094,871 | 6,127,082 | GZ | 2010-11-01 |
18 | Luzhou | 742,274 | 1,371,233 | 4,218,427 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
19 | Jiangjin | 686,189 | 1,233,149 | see Chongqing | CQ | 2010-11-01 |
20 | Leshan | 678,752 | 1,211,237 | 3,235,759 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
21 | Zigong | 666,204 | 1,262,064 | 2,678,899 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
22 | Panzhihua | 631,258 | 787,177 | 1,214,121 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
23 | Fuling | 595,224 | 1,066,714 | see Chongqing | CQ | 2010-11-01 |
24 | Neijiang | 586,445 | 1,251,095 | 3,702,847 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
25 | Xuanwei | 584,076 | 1,302,891 | see Qujing | YN | 2010-11-01 |
26 | Yongchuan | 582,769 | 1,024,708 | see Chongqing | CQ | 2010-11-01 |
27 | Suining | 549,826 | 1,295,885 | 3,252,619 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
28 | Yibin | 549,650 | 836,340 | 4,471,896 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
29 | Tianshui | 544,441 | 1,197,174 | 3,262,549 | GS | 2010-11-01 |
30 | Deyang | 530,122 | 735,070 | 3,615,758 | SC | 2010-11-01 |
* | Lhasa | 199,159 | 279,074 | 559,423 | XZ | 2010-11-01 |
- ^ Chongqing core area only, satellite urban areas separated from Chongqing core area is not included. Chongqing core districts are consist of nine districts: Yuzhong, Dadukou, Jiangbei, Shapingba, Jiulongpo, Nan'an, Beibei, Yubei, & Banan.
- ^ Dongchuan is a satellite urban area separated from Kunming and it is not included.
- ^ Yangling is a satellite urban area separated from Xianyang and it is not included.
Policies
[edit]China's current development policy for its western regions is laid out in the Guiding Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting the Development of the West in the New Era and Forming a New Pattern.[5]: 186 This policy seeks to improve key industries and national development, particularly in aircraft manufacturing.[5]: 186
Infrastructure developed through the Belt and Road Initiative has helped to reduce the imbalance between western China and the country's more developed eastern region.[6]: 42
See also
[edit]- China Western Development
- Northwestern China
- Southwestern China
- West China Union College
- West China Union University
- Other regions
References
[edit]- ^ Rodenbiker, Jesse (2023). Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China. Environments of East Asia. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-6900-9.
- ^ GB/T 2260 codes for the provinces of China
- ^ ISO 3166-2:CN (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of China)
- ^ a b c
国 务院人口 普 查办公 室 、国家 统计局 人口 和 社会 科技 统计司 编 (2012).中国 2010年 人口 普 查分县资料 . Beijing:中国 统计出版 社 [China Statistics Press]. ISBN 978-7-5037-6659-6. - ^ a b Marquis, Christopher; Qiao, Kunyuan (2022). Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise. New Haven: Yale University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv3006z6k. ISBN 978-0-300-26883-6. JSTOR j.ctv3006z6k. OCLC 1348572572. S2CID 253067190.
- ^ Curtis, Simon; Klaus, Ian (2024). The Belt and Road City: Geopolitics, Urbanization, and China's Search for a New International Order. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300266900.