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.
RegionMapAreaPopulation(2010)PopulationDensityProvinces/Region Provincial/Regional SeatNorth China (Huáběi)2,185,105 km2164,823,13675/km2BeijingTongzhou DistrictTianjinHexi DistrictHebeiShijiazhuangShanxiTaiyuanInner MongoliaHohhotEast China (Huádōng)795,837 km2384,364,968483/km2ShanghaiHuangpu DistrictJiangsuNanjingZhejiangHangzhouAnhuiHefeiFujianFuzhou (PRC)Kinmen (ROC-abolished)TaiwanTaipei (PRC-claimed)Zhongxing New Village (ROC-abolished)JiangxiNanchangShandongJinanSouthwestern China (Xīnán)2,365,900 km2192,979,24382/km2ChongqingYuzhong DistrictSichuanChengduGuizhouGuiyangYunnanKunmingTibetLhasaSouth Central China (Zhōngnán)1,014,354 km2383,559,808378/km2HenanZhengzhouHubeiWuhanHunanChangshaGuangdongGuangzhouGuangxiNanningHainanHaikouNortheast China (Dōngběi)791,826 km298,514,948124/km2LiaoningShenyangJilinChangchunHeilongjiangHarbinNorthwestern China (Xīběi)3,107,900 km2103,528,78631/km2ShaanxiXi'anGansuLanzhouQinghaiXiningNingxiaYinchuanXinjiangÜrümqi
Other kinds of statistics
RegionAreaPopulation(2010)PopulationDensityProvinces included & NotesNorth China(without Eastern Inner Mongolia)1,082,492 km2153,180,300142/km2Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia (without Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao)Northeast China(with Eastern Inner Mongolia)1,266,869 km2121,163,77096/km2Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Eastern Inner Mongolia (Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao)East China832,028 km2407,527,091499/km2The 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 China564,700 km2216,945,029384/km2Henan, Hubei, and HunanSouth China449,654 km2166,614,779371/km2Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and MacauWestern China3,978,700 km2289,623,28173/km2Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang
Economic regions
PLA military regions
See also
Administrative divisions of China List of ecoregions in China Northern and southern China Physiographic macroregions of China Regional discrimination in China History of the administrative divisions of China (1912–1949)