List of capitals in China

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The scope of this list is limited to capital cities of first-level administrative divisions such as provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and special administrative regions, also including sub-provincial cities which are governed by a province but administered independently in many ways from a province.

## Contents

* 1 Provincial-level capitals
* 2 Sub-provincial cities that are not themselves provincial capitals
* 2.1 List of the Cities with Independent Planning Status
* 3 See also

## Provincial-level capitals

* Note: The China claims Taiwan as one of its provinces, which it does not control.

Jurisdiction  | Capital  | Chinese  | Capital since  | Land area
(km²)  | Population
(2020)  | Urban area
population (2020)  | Symbol  | Seat  | Map

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Anhui  | Hefei | 合肥市  | 1853  | 11,434  | 9,369,881  | 5,118,199  | 庐 | Shushan  |
Beijing
(Municipality) | Beijing | 北京市  | 1927  | 16,801  | 21,893,095  | 21,893,095  | 京 | Tongzhou  |
Chongqing
(Municipality) | Chongqing | 重庆市  | 1927  | 82,401  | 32,054,159  | 22,251,500  | 渝 | Yuzhong  |
Fujian  | Fuzhou | 福州市  | 1278  | 12,177  | 8,291,268  | 4,094,491  | 榕 | Gulou  |
Gansu  | Lanzhou | 兰州市  | 1667  | 13,300  | 4,359,446  | 3,072,100  | 兰 | Chengguan  |
Guangdong  | Guangzhou | 广州市  | 1369  | 7,434  | 18,676,605  | 16,492,590  | 穗 | Yuexiu  |
Guangxi
(Autonomous region) | Nanning | 南宁市  | 1912  | 22,189  | 8,741,584  | 5,977,185  | 邕 | Qingxiu  |
Guizhou  | Guiyang | 贵阳市  | 1413  | 8,034  | 5,987,018  | 4,506,134  | 筑 | Guanshanhu  |
Hainan  | Haikou | 海口市  | 1988  | 2,237  | 2,046,189  | 2,046,189  | 海 | Xiuying  |
Hebei  | Shijiazhuang | 石家庄市  | 1968  | 15,722  | 11,235,086  | 4,717,198  | 石 | Chang'an  | Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Heilongjiang  | Harbin | 哈尔滨市  | 1949  | 53,100  | 10,009,854  | 7,152,381  | 哈 | Songbei  |
Henan  | Zhengzhou | 郑州市  | 1954  | 7,507  | 12,600,574  | 6,650,532  | 郑 | Zhongyuan  |
Hong Kong
(Special administrative region) | Hong Kong | 香港特别行政区  | 1997  | 1,104  | 7,481,800  | 7,481,800  | 港 | Central & Western  |
Hubei  | Wuhan | 武汉市  | 1927  | 8,494  | 12,326,500  | 12,326,500  | 汉 | Jiang'an  |
Hunan  | Changsha | 长沙市  | 1664  | 11,819  | 10,047,914  | 6,242,453  | 星 | Yuelu  |
Inner Mongolia
(Autonomous region) | Hohhot | 呼和浩特市  | 1952  | 17,224  | 3,446,100  | 2,681,758  | 呼 | Xincheng  |
Jiangsu  | Nanjing | 南京市  | 1952  | 6,598  | 9,314,685  | 9,314,685  | 宁 | Xuanwu  |
Jiangxi  | Nanchang | 南昌市  | 1277  | 7,372  | 6,255,007  | 3,929,660  | 洪 | Honggutan  | Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Jilin  | Changchun | 长春市  | 1954  | 20,532  | 9,066,906  | 5,691,024  | 春 | Nanguan  |
Liaoning  | Shenyang | 沈阳市  | 1662  | 12,942  | 9,070,093  | 7,885,142  | 沈 | Hunnan  |
Macau
(Special administrative region) | Macau | 澳门特别行政区  | 1999  | 29  | 683,100  | 683,100  | 澳 | São Lourenço  |
Ningxia
(Autonomous region) | Yinchuan | 银川市  | 1928  | 4,467  | 2,859,074  | 1,901,793  | 银 | Jinfeng  |
Qinghai  | Xining | 西宁市  | 1928  | 7,372  | 2,467,965  | 1,954,795  | 湟 | Chengzhong  |
Shaanxi  | Xi'an | 西安市  | 1286  | 9,983  | 12,952,907  | 11,904,805  | 镐 | Weiyang  |
Shandong  | Jinan | 济南市  | 1377  | 8,177  | 9,202,432  | 8,352,574  | 济 | Lixia  |
Shanghai
(Municipality) | Shanghai | 上海市  | 1927  | 6,340  | 24,870,895  | 24,870,895  | 沪 | Huangpu  |
Shanxi  | Taiyuan | 太原市  | 1369  | 6,959  | 5,305,061  | 4,529,141  | 并 | Xinghualing  |
Sichuan  | Chengdu | 成都市  | 1286  | 12,132  | 20,937,757  | 15,419,445  | 蓉 | Wuhou  |
Tianjin
(Municipality) | Tianjin | 天津市  | 1927  | 11,760  | 13,866,009  | 10,932,000  | 津 | Hexi  |
Tibet
(Autonomous region) | Lhasa | 拉萨市  | 1642  | 29,274  | 867,891  | 648,044  | 拉 | Chengguan  |
Xinjiang
(Autonomous region) | Ürümqi | 乌鲁木齐市  | 1884  | 14,577  | 3,112,559  | 3,029,372  | 乌 | Tianshan  |
Yunnan  | Kunming | 昆明市  | 1275  | 21,473  | 8,460,088  | 5,604,310  | 昆 | Chenggong  |
Zhejiang  | Hangzhou | 杭州市  | 1367  | 16,847  | 11,936,010  | 10,711,238  | 杭 | Jianggan  |

## Sub-provincial cities that are not themselves provincial capitals

Sub-provincial cities have a status that is below that of the municipalities, which are independent and equivalent to provinces, but above other, regular prefecture-level cities, which are completely ruled by their respective provinces. However, these sub-provincial cities are marked the same as other provincial capitals (or a prefecture-level city if the city is not a provincial capital) on almost all maps.

In total, there are five sub-provincial cities that are not themselves provincial capitals. These five cities have been designated as "Cities with Independent Planning Status" (Chinese: 计划单列市; pinyin: Jìhuá Dānliè Shì).

### List of the Cities with Independent Planning Status

Jurisdiction  | City  | Chinese  | Designation  | Land area (km²)  | Population (2010)  | Urban area
population (2010)  | Symbol  | Seat  | Map

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Fujian  | Xiamen | 厦门市  | 1988  | 1,699  | 3,531,347  | 3,119,110  | 鹭 | Siming  |
Guangdong  | Shenzhen | 深圳市  | 1988  | 2,050  | 10,358,381  | 10,358,381  | 深 | Futian  |
Liaoning  | Dalian | 大连市  | 1984  | 13,237  | 8,106,171  | 4,222,409  | 连 | Xigang  |
Shandong  | Qingdao | 青岛市  | 1986  | 11,026  | 8,715,087  | 4,556,077  | 胶 | Shinan  |
Zhejiang  | Ningbo | 宁波市  | 1987  | 9,816  | 7,605,689  | 2,823,065  | 甬 | Yinzhou  |

With the exception of Fuzhou, the provincial capital of Fujian Province, the provincial capitals of the other four provinces listed above – Guangzhou, Shenyang, Jinan, and Hangzhou – are themselves sub-provincial cities. Before 1997, when Chongqing was a sub-provincial city of Sichuan Province, provincial capital Chengdu was also a sub-provincial city.

## See also

* Historical capitals of China
* List of cities in China
* List of cities in China by population
* List of the current and former capitals of the subdivisions of China

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