This is a list of cities in the mainland of the People's Republic of China.
For cities in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan (The Republic of China), see List of cities and towns in Hong Kong, List of cities and parishes in Macao and List of cities in the Republic of China.
Civic structure of cities in the PRC
According to administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China, there are three level of cities, namely municipalities, prefecture-level cities, and county-level cities.
Sub-provincial cities are prefecture-level, and Sub-prefecture-level cities are county-level, but given higher degree of power than cities of the same level.
(Municipalities are provincial-level divisions.)
- Beijing (Peking)
- Chongqing (Chungking)
- Hechuan
- Jiangjin
- Yongchuan
- Nanchuan
- Shanghai
- Pudong (sub-provincial district, strictly speaking not a city, but given the power higher than an ordinary prefecture-level city)
- Tianjin (Tientsin)
(Only perfecture-level cities but not county-level cities are listed below, and only the major ones are listed, see the articles of the provinces for full lists.)
List of cities in Hong Kong
see List of cities and towns in Hong Kong
List of cities in Macau
see List of cities and parishes in Macao
List of cities under the Republic of China (Taiwan)
see List of cities in the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Metropolitan areas
(Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan included, see also Metropolitan areas in ROC (Taiwan) and List of metropolitan areas by population)
| Metropolitan area | Jurisdiction | Population |
|---|
| Shanghai | PRC | 12,200,000 |
| Beijing | PRC | 9,200,000 |
| Taipei | ROC | 7,400,000 |
| Chongqing City | PRC | 7,200,000 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR | 6,950,000 |
| Changsha | PRC | 5,955,000 |
| Tianjin | PRC | 5,750,000 |
10 largest cities
- Shanghai - 13,278,500
- Beijing - 7,209,900
- Wuhan - 4,104,300
- Chengdu - 4,064,700
- Tianjin - 3,945,900
- Shenyang - 3,527,800
- Xian - 3,480,600
- Chongqing City - 3,378,900
- Guangzhou - 3,244,900
- Harbin - 3,129,300
See also
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