This article is about provinces in the People's Republic of China. For all province-level divisions of China, see Province-level divisions of China. For the Republic of China, see Administrative divisions of Taiwan.
Provinces 省 Shěng
Category
Unitary state
Location
People's Republic of China
Number
22 (1 claimed)
Government
Unitary one-party socialist republic
Subdivisions
Sub-provincial city, Prefecture-level divisions
Provinces
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
省
Traditional Chinese
省
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
shěng
Tibetan name
Tibetan
ཞིང་ཆེན།
Transcriptions
Wylie
zhing chen
Tibetan Pinyin
Xingqên
Zhuang name
Zhuang
Swngj
Mongolian name
Mongolian script
ᠮᠤᠵᠢ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNC
Moji
Uyghur name
Uyghur
ئۆلكە
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqi
Ölke
Yengi Yeziⱪ
Ɵlkə
SASM/GNC
Öleä
Manchu name
Manchu script
ᡤᠣᠯᠣ
Romanization
golo
Administrative divisions of China
Province-level (1st)
Municipalities
Provinces
Autonomous regions
Special administrative regions
Sub-provincial level
Sub-provincial cities
Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures
Sub-provincial city districts
Prefecture-level (2nd)
Prefectural cities
Autonomous prefectures
Leagues (Aimag)
(abolishing)
Prefectures
(abolishing)
Sub-prefectural-level
Sub-prefectural cities
Provincial-controlled cities
Provincial-controlled counties
Provincial-controlled districts
County level (3rd)
Counties
Autonomous counties
County-level cities
Districts Ethnic districts
Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners
Shennongjia Forestry District
Liuzhi Special District
Wolong Special Administrative Region
Workers and peasants districts
(obsolete)
Analogous county level units
Management areas Management committee
Township level (4th)
Townships
Ethnic townships
Towns
Subdistricts
Subdistrict bureaux
Sum
Ethnic sum
County-controlled districts
County-controlled district bureaux
(obsolete)
Management committees
Town-level city
(pilot)
Analogous township level units
Management areas Management committee
Areas
Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc.
Village level (5th)
(Grassroots Autonomous Organizations)
Villages · Gaqa · Ranches
Village Committees
Communities
Residential Committees
Others
Regions
Capital cities
New areas
Autonomous administrative divisions
National Central Cities
Special Economic Zones
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present
Administrative division codes
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Provinces (Chinese: 省; pinyin: Shěng) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). There are currently 22 provinces administered by the PRC and one province that is claimed, but not administered, which is Taiwan, currently administered by the Republic of China (ROC).
The local governments of Chinese provinces consists of a Provincial People's Government headed by a governor that acts as the executive, a Provincial People's Congress with legislative powers, and a parallel provincial branch of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that elects a Party Secretary and a Provincial Standing Committee.
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