List of regions of China

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This is a list of traditional top-level regions of China.

People's Republic of China

= Statistical regions =

This is a list of the 34 provincial-level divisions of the People's Republic of China grouped by its former greater administrative areas from 1949 to 1952.


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{{legend\|#daea7b\|North China}}
{{legend\|#99c1fb\|East China}}
{{legend\|#dca9e9\|Southwestern China}}
{{legend\|#ffcb78\|Northwestern China}}
{{legend\|#fadb4c\|South Central China}}
{{legend\|#8092d4\|Northeast China}}

class="wikitable" !Region!!Map!!Area!!Population (2010)!!Population Density!!Provinces/Region!! Provincial/Regional Seat
rowspan="5" \|North China {{lang\|zh-Hans\|华北}} (Huáběi)	rowspan="5" \|200px \| rowspan="5" align="right" \|1,556,061 km² \| rowspan="5" align="right" \|164,823,226 \| rowspan="5" align="right" \|105/km² \|Beijing	Dongcheng District
Tianjin	Heping District
Hebei	Shijiazhuang
Shanxi	Taiyuan
Inner Mongolia	Hohhot
rowspan="8" \|East China {{lang\|zh-Hans\|华东}} (Huádōng)	rowspan="8" \|200px \| rowspan="8" align="right" \|795,837 km² \| rowspan="8" align="right" \|384,364,968 \| rowspan="8" align="right" \|483/km² \|Shanghai	Huangpu District
Jiangsu	Nanjing
Zhejiang	Hangzhou
Anhui	Hefei
Fujian	Fuzhou (PRC) Kinmen (ROC)
Taiwan	Taipei (PRC-claimed) Zhongxing New Village (ROC)
Jiangxi	Nanchang
Shandong	Jinan
rowspan="5" \|Southwestern China {{lang\|zh-Hans\|西南}} (Xīnán)	rowspan="5" \|200px \| rowspan="5" align="right" \|2,365,900 km² \| rowspan="5" align="right" \|192,979,243 \| rowspan="5" align="right" \|82/km² \|Chongqing	Yuzhong District
Sichuan	Chengdu
Guizhou	Guiyang
Yunnan	Kunming
Tibet	Lhasa
rowspan="5" \|Northwestern China {{lang\|zh-Hans\|西北}} (Xīběi)	rowspan="5" \|200px \| rowspan="5" align="right" \|3,107,701 km² \| rowspan="5" align="right" \|96,644,038 \| rowspan="5" align="right" \|31/km² \|Shaanxi	Xi'an
Gansu	Lanzhou
Qinghai	Xining
Ningxia	Yinchuan
Xinjiang	Ürümqi
rowspan="8" \|South Central China {{lang\|zh-Hans\|中南}} (Zhōngnán)	rowspan="8" \|200px \| rowspan="8" align="right" \|1,014,354 km² \| rowspan="8" align="right" \|383,559,808 \| rowspan="8" align="right" \|378/km² \|Henan	Zhengzhou
Hubei	Wuhan
Hunan	Changsha
Guangdong	Guangzhou
Guangxi	Nanning
Hainan	Haikou
{{HKG}}	Central and Western District
{{MAC}}	Macau
rowspan="3" \|Northeast China {{lang\|zh-Hans\|东北}} (Dōngběi)	rowspan="3" \|200px \| rowspan="3" align="right" \|793,300 km² \| rowspan="3" align="right" \|109,520,844 \| rowspan="3" align="right" \|138/km² \|Liaoning	Shenyang
Jilin	Changchun
Heilongjiang	Harbin

== Other kinds of statistics ==

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!Region!!Area!!Population
(2010)!!Population
Density!!Provinces included & Notes

North China
(without Eastern Inner Mongolia)

| align="right" |1,082,492 km²

align="right" |153,180,300

align="right" |142/km²

| align="left" |Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia (without Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao)

Northeast China
(with Eastern Inner Mongolia)

| align="right" |1,266,869 km²

align="right" |121,163,770

align="right" |96/km²

| align="left" |Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Eastern Inner Mongolia (Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao)

East China

| align="right" |832,028 km²

align="right" |407,527,091

align="right" |499/km²

| align="left" |The above-mentioned seven entities plus the claimed Taiwan Province.
Taiwan and its surrounding island groups are administered by the Republic of China but claimed by the People's Republic of China.

Central China

| align="right" |564,700 km²

align="right" |216,945,029

align="right" |384/km²

| align="left" |Henan, Hubei, and Hunan

South China

| align="right" |449,654 km²

align="right" |166,614,779

align="right" |371/km²

| align="left" |Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau

Western China

| align="right" |3,978,700 km²

align="right" |289,623,281

align="right" |73/km²

| align="left" |Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang

= Economic regions =

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= PLA military regions =

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