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China’s administrative divisions are divided into provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; provinces and autonomous regions are divided into autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties and cities; Counties and autonomous counties are divided into townships, ethnic townships and towns.
At present, there are 34 provincial administrative regions in China, including 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the Central Government and 2 special administrative regions (SARs). Historically and in the habit of being used, all the provincial administrative regions have shorthands. The provincial people’s government is located in the provincial capital, and the central government is located in the capital, which is the city of Beijing. Hong Kong and Macao are parts of China’s territory. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was established on July 1, 1997 after the Chinese Government resume the exercise of sovereignty over the city. The Macao Special Administrative Region was established on December 20, 1999 after the resumption of the exercise of sovereignty over the city.
China has four municipalities, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing.
The 5 autonomous regions are Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Tibet, Ningxia and Xinjiang.
The two SARs are Hong Kong and Macao.
There are 23 provinces in China: Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and Taiwan.
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