Kwangtung Province, Republic of China

Kwangtung 廣東省 粵
de jure Province of the Republic of China
Kwangtung Province
Location of the Province of Kwangtung in 1949

Administrative divisions of Kwangtung in 1946

The Kwangtung Provincial Government in the 1930’s

Kwangtung Province, commonly known as Kwangtung or Guangdong, is a de jure administrative division of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Since 1979, the Republic of China has not controlled any land it claims to be part of Kwangtung, due to Dongsha Island being transferred to Kaohsiung that year. ^[1]

In 1949 Hainan was separated from Kwangtung Province as a special administrative region, but was abolished in 28 May 2003. ^[2]

Kwangtung Province legally includes, since the departures of the British and Portuguese, Hong Kong and Macau, as the ROC claims them to this day. ^[3]

Governors

• Sun Ke (1926) (acting)
• Li Jishen (1926-1928)
• Feng Zhuwan (1928)
• Chen Mingshu (1928-1931)
• Chen Jitang (1931-1936)
• Lin Yizong (1936)
• Lin Yungai (1936)
• Huang Musong (1936-1937)
• Wu Tiecheng (1937-1938)
• Peng Dongyuan (1938-1940)
• Li Hanhun (1938-1945)
• Liu Yonggao (1945) (appointed commissioner)
• Luo Zhuoying (1945-1947)
• Song Ziwen (1947-1949)
• Xue Yue (24 Jan 1949 - May 1950) (left Hainan on 23 Apr 1950 for Taiwan) ^[4]

References

1. "Cijin District Office Kaohsiung City-Geographic environment". 高雄市旗津區公所(英文網). Retrieved 2025-12-05.
2. "海南特區行政長官公署組織條例-全國法規資料庫". law.moj.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2025-12-05.
3. Yip, Maurice (2021-06). "We have never been so bounded: Pandemic, territoriality, and mobility". The Geographical Journal. 187 (2): 174–181. doi:10.1111/geoj.12389. ISSN   0016-7398. PMC   8250749 . PMID   34230679.{{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. Theobald, Ulrich. "Republican Period Provincial Governors (www.chinaknowledge.de)". www.chinaknowledge.de. Retrieved 2025-12-05.