Map of China
China Provinces
A province, in the context of Chinese government, is a translation of sheng formally provincial level divisions, which is an administrative division. Provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, and the special administrative regions, make up the four types of province of administrative division of People's Republic of China (PRC or commonly "China" for short).[1] The PRC claims Taiwan (Republic of China) as a first-level province, though Taiwan is actually a self-governing democracy that has never recognised the claim. A "first-level province" is considered to be a province that was administered by the Republic of China between 1912 and 1949 that is not today administered by the PRC. The People's Republic of China (PRC) currently administers total of 33 province divisions (22 provinces, 4 municipalities, 5 autonomous regions and 2 special administrative regions). The PRC also asserts herself as the sole legitimate representative of all of China, but does not administer, Taiwan as a 23rd province. The Republic of China (ROC) administers Taiwan, as well as some offshore islands including Kinmen and Matsu, which form Fujian Province, Republic of China and was part of an originally unified Fujian province, but since 1949 divided between PRC and ROC after the Chinese Civil War. In the People's Republic of China, every province has a Communist Party of China provincial committee, headed by a secretary beside the two special administrative regions. The committee secretary is in charge of the province, rather than the governor of the provincial government.4
List of China Provinces
- The origin of the province referred to as
- Heilongjiang Province
- Jilin Province
- Shanxi Province
- Chongqing Municipality
- Zhejiang Province
- Yunnan Province
- Tianjin Municipality
- Hunan Province
- Hebei Province
- Jiangxi Province
- Jiangsu Province
- Guizhou Province
- Hubei Province
- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
- Shanghai Municipality
- Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region
- Shaanxi Province
- Taiwan Province
- Henan Province
- Guangdong Province
- Sichuan Province
- Hainan Province
- Municipality of Beijing
- Ningxia Hui
- Guangxi Province
- Shandong Province
- Fujian Province
- Liaoning Province
- Qinghai Province
- Gansu Province
- Nei Menggu (Inner Mongolia)
- Anhui Province