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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.
Pages in category "Provincial capitals in China" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Former capitals of Chinese provinces;
Provinces (Chinese: 省; pinyin: Shěng) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). There are currently 22 provinces administered by the PRC and one province that is claimed, but not administered, which is Taiwan , currently administered by the Republic of China (ROC).
Most provinces are divided into only prefecture-level cities and contain no other second level administrative units. Of the 22 provinces and 5 autonomous regions, only 3 provinces (Yunnan, Guizhou, Qinghai) and 1 autonomous region have more than three second-level or prefectural-level divisions that are not prefecture-level cities. As of June ...
Changes made to Province-level divisions of the Republic of China between 1949 and 2019; Name Traditional Chinese Pinyin Abbreviation Capital Capital in Chinese Notes Provinces: Fukien: 福建: Fújiàn: 閩 mǐn: Jincheng Township: 金城鎮 The capital of Fujian Province was moved to Xindian in 1956, and moved to Jincheng Township, Kinmen ...
A province was established in the region in 1276; its seat was moved around and it was renamed several times, until settling upon Jiangzhe Province with seat at Hangzhou in 1289. Split into Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces by Ming dynasty.
As with the central government, province-level divisions are governed by parallel party and state structures. Each province-level branch of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) holds a Party Congress every five years. The congress will elect a Party Committee, which in turn elects a Standing Committee. The Standing Committee includes a party ...
The Japanese began to push south of the Great Wall into northern China and the coastal provinces. Chinese fury against Japan was predictable, but anger was also directed against Chiang and the Nanjing government, which at the time was more preoccupied with anti-Communist extermination campaigns than with resisting the Japanese invaders.