Provinces o Cheenae

In the context o Cheenese govrenment, a province (sheng), formally provincial level diveesion, is the heichest-level admeenistrative diveesion. The Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (FRC) currently admeenisters 33 sic diveesions, classifeed as 22 provinces, fower municipalities, five autonomous regions an twa special admeenistrative regions.

Additionally, the PRC claims sovereignty ower Taiwan Province, but syne the Cheenese Ceevil War endit in 1949 this aurie haes been admeenistered bi the Republic o Cheenae (ROC) unner a province o the same name. The ROC admeenisters some affshore islands includin Quemoy/Kinmen (Jinmen) an Matsu (Mazu) an aw, which form Fujian Province, ROC. Thir wur pairt o an oreeginally unifeed Fujian province, which syne 1949 haes been dividit atween the FRC an ROC.

In the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, ivery province haes a Communist Pairty o Cheenae provincial committee, heidit bi a secretary beside the twa special admeenistrative regions. The committee secretary is in chairge o the province, rather than the govrenor o the provincial govrenment.

Leet o provincial-level diveesions

GB	ISO №	Province	Cheenese Name	Caipital	Population¹	Density²	Aurie³	Abbreviation/Seembol
BJ	11	Beijing Municipality	北京ぺきん市し Běijīng Shì	Beijing	19,612,368	1,167.40	16,800	京きょう Jīng
TJ	12	Tianjin Municipality	天津てんしん市し Tiānjīn Shì	Tianjin	12,938,224	1,144.46	11,305	津つ Jīn
HE	13	Hebei	河北かほく省しょう Héběi Shěng	Shijiazhuang	71,854,202	382.81	187,700	冀 Jì
SX	14	Shanxi	山西さんせい省しょう Shānxī Shěng	Taiyuan	35,712,111	228.48	156,300	晋すすむ Jìn
NM	15	Inner Mongolie Autonomous Region Nei Mongol Autonomous Region	內蒙古こ自治じち区く Nèi Měnggǔ Zìzhìqū	Hohhot	24,706,321	20.88	1,183,000	蒙こうむ(內蒙古いにしえ) Měng (Nèi Měnggǔ)
LN	21	Liaoning	辽宁省しょう Liáoníng Shěng	Shenyang	43,746,323	299.83	145,900	辽 Liáo
JL	22	Jilin	吉林きつりん省しょう Jílín Shěng	Changchun	27,462,297	146.54	187,400	吉よし Jí
HL	23	Heilongjiang	黑くろ龙江省しょう Hēilóngjiāng	Harbin	38,312,224	84.38	454,000	黑くろ Hēi
SH	31	Shanghai Municipality	上海しゃんはい市し Shànghǎi Shì	Shanghai	23,019,148	3,630.20	6,341	沪 Hù
JS	32	Jiangsu	江こう苏省 Jiāngsū Shěng	Nanjing	78,659,903	766.66	102,600	苏 Sū
ZJ	33	Zhejiang	浙江せっこう省しょう Zhèjiāng Shěng	Hangzhou	54,426,891	533.59	102,000	浙 Zhè
AH	34	Anhui	安徽あんき省しょう Ānhuī Shěng	Hefei	59,500,510	425.91	139,700	皖 Wǎn
FJ	35	Fujian	福建ふっけん省しょう Fújiàn Shěng	Fuzhou	36,894,216	304.15	121,300	闽 Mǐn
JX	36	Jiangxi	江西えにし省しょう Jiāngxī Shěng	Nanchang	44,567,475	266.87	167,000	赣 Gàn
SD	37	Shandong	山やま东省 Shāndōng Shěng	Jinan	95,793,065	622.84	153,800	鲁(齐) Lǔ (Qí)
HA	41	Henan	河南かなん省しょう Hénán Shěng	Zhengzhou	94,023,567	563.01	167,000	豫よ Yù
HB	42	Hubei	湖北こほく省しょう Húběi Shěng	Wuhan	57,237,740	307.89	185,900	鄂 È
HN	43	Hunan	湖南こなん省しょう Húnán Shěng	Changsha	65,683,722	312.77	210,000	湘 Xiāng
GD	44	Guangdong	广东省しょう Guǎngdōng Shěng	Guangzhou	104,303,132	579.46	180,000	粤 Yuè
GX	45	Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region	广西壮たけし族ぞく自治じち区く Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū	Nanning	46,026,629	195.02	236,000	桂かつら Guì
HI	46	Hainan	海南かいなん省しょう Hǎinán Shěng	Haikou	8,671,518	255.04	34,000	琼 Qióng
CQ	50	Chongqing Municipality	重じゅう庆市 Chóngqìng Shì	Chongqing	28,846,170	350.50	82,300	渝 Yú
SC	51	Sichuan	四川しせん省しょう Sìchuān Shěng	Chengdu	80,418,200	165.81	485,000	川かわ(蜀しょく) Chuān (Shǔ)
GZ	52	Guizhou Province	贵州省しょう Gùizhōu Shěng	Guiyang	34,746,468	197.42	176,000	贵(黔) Guì (Qián)
YN	53	Yunnan	云うん南みなみ省しょう Yúnnán Shěng	Kunming	45,966,239	116.66	394,000	云うん(滇) Yún (Diān)
XZ	54	Tibet Autonomous Region Xizang Autonomous Region	西藏にしくら自治じち区く Xīzàng Zìzhìqū	Lhasa	3,002,166	2.44	1,228,400	藏ぞう Zàng
SN	61	Shaanxi	陕西省しょう Shǎnxī Shěng	Xi'an	37,327,378	181.55	205,600	陕(秦はた) Shǎn (Qín)
GS	62	Gansu Province	甘あま肃省 Gānsù Shěng	Lanzhou	25,575,254	56.29	454,300	甘あま(陇) Gān (Lǒng)
QH	63	Qinghai Province	青海あおみ省しょう Qīnghǎi Shěng	Xining	5,626,722	7.80	721,200	青あお Qīng
NX	64	Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region	宁夏回かい族ぞく自治じち区く Níngxià Huízú Zìzhìqū	Yinchuan	6,301,350	94.89	66,400	宁 Níng
XJ	65	Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region	新しん疆维吾われ尔自治ち区く Xīnjiāng Wéiwú'ěr Zìzhìqū	Ürümqi	21,813,334	13.13	1,660,400	新しん Xīn
HK	91	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Xianggang Special Administrative Region	香港ほんこん特とく别行政ぎょうせい区く Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū	Hong Kong	7,061,200	6,396.01	1,104	港みなと Gǎng
MC	92	Macau Special Administrative Region Aomen Special Administrative Region	澳门特とく别行政ぎょうせい区く Àomén Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū	Macau	552,300	19,044.82	29	澳 Ào
TW	71	Taiwan Province †	台湾たいわん省しょう Táiwān Shěng	Taibei	23,140,000	650.34	35,581	台だい Tái

Notes:

¹: as o 2010

²: per km²

³: km²

†: Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has considered Taiwan to be its 23rd province. However, the PRC has never controlled Taiwan. The Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan") currently administers Taiwan Area, consisting of the island of Taiwan, Penghu, as well as Kinmen and Matsu located off the coast of mainland Fujian Province, Republic of China.

Freemit airtins

• Interactive WebMap with economic indicators over all provinces Archived 2016-04-06 at the Wayback Machine