The People's Republic of China has administrative control over 23 provinces. Apart from provinces, there are 5 Autonomous regions, 4 municipalities, and 2 Special Administrative Regions.
The 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities can be collectively referred to as "mainland China", a term which usually excludes Hong Kong and Macau.
The table below shows a list of political divisions of areas under the control of the People's Republic of China.
| Name | Capital | Area (sq km) |
Area Rank | Pref. Level | County Level | Town Level | Population (2004) | GDP (2004) |
GDP Rank |
| Autonomous Regions | |||||||||
| Guangxi | Nanning | 236,700 | 9 | 14 | 109 | 1232 | 48,890,000 | 6,790 | 30 |
| Inner Mongolia | Hohot | 1,183,000 | 3 | 12 | 101 | 1112 | 23,600,000 | 11,400 | 15 |
| Ningxia | Yinchuan | 66,000 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 229 | 5,880,000 | 7,830 | 25 |
| Tibet | Lhasa | 1,228,400 | 2 | 7 | 73 | 692 | 2,740,000 | 7,720 | 27 |
| Xinjiang | Ürümqi | 1,660,000 | 1 | 14 | 99 | 1009 | 19,630,000 | 11,200 | 16 |
| Municipalities | |||||||||
| Beijing | - | 16,808 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 314 | 11,680,000 | 28,700 | 4 |
| Chongqing | - | 82,300 | 26 | 0 | 40 | 1081 | 31,220,000 | 31,220 | 3 |
| Shanghai | - | 6,341 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 214 | 17,420,000 | 42,800 | 1 |
| Tianjin | - | 11,920 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 241 | 9,380,000 | 28,600 | 5 |
| Provinces | |||||||||
| Anhui | Hefei | 139,400 | 22 | 17 | 105 | 1696 | 64,610,000 | 7,450 | 29 |
| Fujian | Fuzhou | 121,400 | 23 | 9 | 85 | 1101 | 35,110,000 | 17,200 | 10 |
| Gansu | Lanzhou | 454,000 | 7 | 14 | 86 | 1348 | 26,190,000 | 5,950 | 32 |
| Guangdong | Guangzhou | 177,900 | 15 | 21 | 121 | 1585 | 110,000,000 | 19,300 | 9 |
| Guizhou | Guiyang | 176,100 | 16 | 9 | 88 | 1543 | 39,040,000 | 4,010 | 33 |
| Hainan | Haikou | 33,920 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 218 | 8,180,000 | 9,410 | 19 |
| Hebei | Shijiazhuang | 187,700 | 12 | 11 | 172 | 2205 | 68,220,000 | 12,900 | 14 |
| Heilongjiang | Harbin | 460,000 | 6 | 13 | 130 | 1273 | 38,170,000 | 13,900 | 13 |
| Henan | Zhengzhou | 167,000 | 17 | 17 | 159 | 2299 | 97,170,000 | 9,070 | 21 |
| Hubei | Wuhan | 185,900 | 14 | 13 | 102 | 1220 | 60,160,000 | 10,500 | 18 |
| Hunan | Changsha | 211,800 | 10 | 14 | 122 | 2409 | 66,980,000 | 8,380 | 23 |
| Jiangsu | Nanjing | 102,600 | 24 | 13 | 106 | 1410 | 74,330,000 | 20,700 | 8 |
| Jiangxi | Nanchang | 166,900 | 18 | 11 | 99 | 1550 | 32,940,000 | 8,160 | 24 |
| Jilin | Changchun | 187,400 | 13 | 9 | 60 | 878 | 27,090,000 | 10,900 | 17 |
| Liaoning | Shenyang | 145,900 | 21 | 14 | 100 | 1528 | 41,730,000 | 16,300 | 12 |
| Qinghai | Xining | 721,000 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 422 | 5,390,000 | 8,640 | 22 |
| Shaanxi | Xi'an | 205,800 | 11 | 10 | 107 | 1745 | 37,050,000 | 7,780 | 26 |
| Shandong | Jinan | 156,700 | 20 | 17 | 140 | 1931 | 91,800,000 | 16,900 | 11 |
| Shanxi | Taiyuan | 156,800 | 19 | 11 | 119 | 1389 | 33,350,000 | 9,120 | 20 |
| Sichuan | Chengdu | 485,000 | 5 | 21 | 181 | 4782 | 87,250,000 | 7,510 | 28 |
| Yunnan | Kunming | 441,500 | 8 | 16 | 129 | 1455 | 44,150,000 | 6,700 | 31 |
| Zhejiang | Hangzhou | 101,800 | 25 | 11 | 90 | 1525 | 47,200,000 | 23,800 | 7 |
| Special Administrative Regions | |||||||||
| Hong Kong | - | 1,103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7,041,000 | 36,800 | 2 |
| Macau | - | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 488,144 | 24,300 | 6 |
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