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List of cities in mainland China

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List of cities in the People's Republic of China redirects here, for Hong Kong and Macao, see the separate lists.

This is a list of cities in the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Civic structure of cities in mainland China

According to administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China, there are three level of cities, namely municipalities, prefecture-level cities, and county-level cities. The special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau are not within of this system.

Sub-provincial cities are prefecture-level, and Sub-prefecture-level cities are county-level, but given higher degree of power than cities of the same level.

Municipalities

(Municipalities are provincial-level divisions.)

Beijing (Peking)
Chongqing (Chungking)
- Hechuan
- Jiangjin
- Yongchuan
- Nanchuan
Shanghai
- Pudong (sub-provincial district, strictly speaking not a city, but given the power higher than an ordinary prefecture-level city)
Tianjin (Tientsin)

Provinces

(Only perfecture-level cities but not county-level cities are listed below, and only the major ones are listed, see the articles of the provinces for full lists.)