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.

Provincial-level capitals

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Provincial-level administrative divisions and capitals of China
Legend: Red star.svg Capital Red pog.svg Direct-administered municipality Green pog.svg East Blue pog.svg South Yellow pog.svg West Black pog.svg North Cyan pog.svg Central Steel pog.svg Special Administrative Region (SAR)
JurisdictionCapitalChineseCapital sinceLand area
(km²)		Population
(2020)		Urban area
population (2020)		SymbolSeatMap
Anhui Hefei 合肥市185311,4349,369,8815,118,199庐 Shushan Administrative Division Hefei.png
Beijing
(Municipality)		 Beijing 北京市192716,80121,893,09521,893,095京 Tongzhou Administrative Division Beijing.svg
Chongqing
(Municipality)		 Chongqing 重庆市192782,40132,054,15922,251,500渝 Yuzhong Administrative Division Chongqing 1.svg
Fujian Fuzhou 福州市127812,1778,291,2684,094,491榕 Gulou Administrative Division Fuzhou prfc map.png
Gansu Lanzhou 兰州市166713,3004,359,4463,072,100兰 Chengguan Administrative Division Lanzhou.svg
Guangdong Guangzhou 广州市13697,43418,676,60516,492,590穗 Yuexiu Administrative Division Guangzhou 2.png
Guangxi
(Autonomous region)		 Nanning 南宁市191222,1898,741,5845,977,185邕 Qingxiu Administrative Division Nanning.png
Guizhou Guiyang 贵阳市14138,0345,987,0184,506,134筑 Guanshanhu Administrative Division Guiyang.png
Hainan Haikou 海口市19882,2372,046,1892,046,189海 Xiuying Administrative Division Haikou.png
Hebei Shijiazhuang 石家庄市196815,72211,235,0864,717,198石 Chang'an Administrative Division Shijiazhuang.png
Heilongjiang Harbin 哈尔滨市194953,10010,009,8547,152,381哈 Songbei Administrative Division Harbin.png
Henan Zhengzhou 郑州市19547,50712,600,5746,650,532郑 Zhongyuan Administrative Division Zhengzhou.png
Hong Kong
(Special administrative region)		 Hong Kong 香港特别行政区19971,1047,481,8007,481,800港 Central & Western Map of Hong Kong 18 Districts.svg
Hubei Wuhan 武汉市19278,49412,326,50012,326,500汉 Jiang'an Administrative Division Wuhan.png
Hunan Changsha 长沙市166411,81910,047,9146,242,453星 Yuelu Administrative Division Changsha.png
Inner Mongolia
(Autonomous region)		 Hohhot 呼和浩特市195217,2243,446,1002,681,758呼 Xincheng Administrative Division Hohhot.png
Jiangsu Nanjing 南京市19526,5989,314,6859,314,685宁 Xuanwu Administrative Division Nanjing.png
Jiangxi Nanchang 南昌市12777,3726,255,0073,929,660洪 Honggutan Administrative Division Nanchang.png
Jilin Changchun 长春市195420,5329,066,9065,691,024春 Nanguan Administrative Division Changchun.png
Liaoning Shenyang 沈阳市166212,9429,070,0937,885,142沈 Hunnan Administrative Division Shenyang.png
Macau
(Special administrative region)		 Macau 澳门特别行政区199929683,100683,100澳 São Lourenço MapOfMacauMunicipalities.svg
Ningxia
(Autonomous region)		 Yinchuan 银川市19284,4672,859,0741,901,793银 Jinfeng Administrative Division Yinchuan.png
Qinghai Xining 西宁市19287,3722,467,9651,954,795湟 Chengzhong Administrative Division Xining.png
Shaanxi Xi'an 西安市12869,98312,952,90711,904,805镐 Weiyang Administrative Division Xi'an.png
Shandong Jinan 济南市13778,1779,202,4328,352,574济 Lixia Administrative Division Jinan.png
Shanghai
(Municipality)		 Shanghai 上海市19276,34024,870,89524,870,895沪 Huangpu Administrative Division Shanghai.png
Shanxi Taiyuan 太原市13696,9595,305,0614,529,141并 Xinghualing Administrative Division Taiyuan.png
Sichuan Chengdu 成都市128612,13220,937,75715,419,445蓉 Wuhou Administrative Division Chengdu 2.png
Tianjin
(Municipality)		 Tianjin 天津市192711,76013,866,00910,932,000津 Hexi Administrative Division Tianjin.svg
Tibet
(Autonomous region)		 Lhasa 拉萨市164229,274867,891648,044拉 Chengguan Administrative Division Lhasa.png
Xinjiang
(Autonomous region)		 Ürümqi 乌鲁木齐市188414,5773,112,5593,029,372乌 Tianshan Administrative division Urumqi.png
Yunnan Kunming 昆明市127521,4738,460,0885,604,310昆 Chenggong Administrative Division Kunming.png
Zhejiang Hangzhou 杭州市136716,84711,936,01010,711,238杭 Jianggan Administrative Division Hangzhou.png

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

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Fujian Xiamen 厦门市19881,6993,531,3473,119,110鹭 Siming Administrative Division Xiamen.png
Guangdong Shenzhen 深圳市19882,05010,358,38110,358,381深 Futian Administrative Division Shenzhen 2.png
Liaoning Dalian 大连市198413,2378,106,1714,222,409连 Xigang Administrative Division Dalian 2.png
Shandong Qingdao 青岛市198611,0268,715,0874,556,077胶 Shinan Administrative Division Qingdao.png
Zhejiang Ningbo 宁波市19879,8167,605,6892,823,065甬 Yinzhou Administrative Division Ningbo.svg

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.

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