List of regions of the People's Republic of China

See also: Administrative divisions of China

This is a list of the 31 provincial-level divisions of the People's Republic of China grouped by its former administrative areas from 1949 to 1952, which are now known as traditional regions.

Overview

Economic regions

	East Coast
	Central China
	Northeast China
	Western China

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Nationalist Era regions

400px
	Central China
	South China
	North China
	Northeast China
	Northern Frontier
	Western China

People's Republic of China

	North China
	Northeast China
	East China
	South Central China
	Southwest China
	Northwest China

Region	Map	Area	Population (2010)	Population Density	Provinces	Provincial seat
North China 华北		1,556,061 km²	164,823,226	105/km²	Beijing	Dongcheng District
					Tianjin	Heping District
					Hebei	Shijiazhuang
					Shanxi	Taiyuan
					Inner Mongolia	Hohhot
Northeast China 东北		793,300 km²	109,520,844	138/km²	Liaoning	Shenyang
					Jilin	Changchun
					Heilongjiang	Harbin
East China 华东		795,837 km²	384,364,968	483/km²	Shanghai	Huangpu District
					Jiangsu	Nanjing
					Zhejiang	Hangzhou
					Anhui	Hefei
					Fujian	Fuzhou
					Jiangxi	Nanchang
					Shandong	Jinan
South Central China 中南	200px	1,014,354 km²	383,559,808	378/km²	Henan	Zhengzhou
					Hubei	Wuhan
					Hunan	Changsha
					Guangdong	Guangzhou
					Guangxi	Nanning
					Hainan	Haikou
					Hong Kong	Hong Kong
					Macau	Macau
Southwest China 西南		2,365,900 km²	192,979,243	82/km²	Chongqing	Yuzhong District
					Sichuan	Chengdu
					Guizhou	Guiyang
					Yunnan	Kunming
					Tibet	Lhasa
Northwest China 西北	200px	3,107,701 km²	96,644,038	31/km²	Shaanxi	Xi'an
					Gansu	Lanzhou
					Qinghai	Xining
					Ningxia	Yinchuan
					Xinjiang	Ürümqi

Other kinds of statistics

Region	Area	Population (2010)	Population Density	Provinces included & Notes
North China (without Eastern Inner Mongolia)	1,082,492 km²	153,180,300	142/km²	Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia (without Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao)
Northeast China (with Eastern Inner Mongolia)	1,266,869 km²	121,163,770	96/km²	Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Eastern Inner Mongolia (Chifeng, Hinggan, Hulunbuir, and Tongliao)
East China	832,028 km²	407,527,091	499/km²	The above-mentioned seven entities plus the claimed Taiwan Province. Taiwan is administered by the Republic of China but claimed by the People's Republic of China.
Central China	564,700 km²	216,945,029	384/km²	Henan, Hubei, and Hunan
South China	449,654 km²	166,614,779	371/km²	Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau
Western China	3,978,700 km²	289,623,281	73/km²	Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang

See also

• Administrative divisions of China
• List of ecoregions in China
• Northern and southern China
• Physiographic macroregions of China
• Regional discrimination in China