Central China#Cities with urban area over one million in population

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Central China ({{zh|s=华中|p=Huázhōng}}) is a region in China. It mainly includes the provinces of Henan, Hubei and Hunan. Jiangxi is sometimes also regarded to be part of this region. Central China is now officially part of the South Central China region.

In the context of the Rise of Central China Plan by the State Council of the People's Republic of China in 2004, surrounding provinces including Shanxi, Anhui, are also defined as regions of Central China development zones.{{Cite book |last=Ang |first=Yuen Yuen |url= |title=How China Escaped the Poverty Trap |date=2016 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-1-5017-0020-0 |doi= |jstor=10.7591/j.ctt1zgwm1j |author-link=Yuen Yuen Ang}}{{Rp|page=217}}

Since 2004, these provinces have experienced a steady increase in domestic investment, particularly from coastal regions.{{Rp|page=218}}

As part of the Xi Jinping administration's goal to urbanize 250 million citizens by 2025 as the first phase of a long-term green modernization plan, China seeks to resettle formerly rural people in provincial capitals, prefectural cities, and county-level towns in central China (as well as western China).{{Cite book |last=Rodenbiker |first=Jesse |title=Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China |last2= |first2= |date=2023 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-1-5017-6900-9 |series=Environments of East Asia |location=Ithaca, NY}}{{Rp|page=8}}