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All provincial-level divisions of China are divided into prefectural-level divisions (second-level): prefectural-level cities, prefectures, autonomous prefectures and leagues. There are 339 official prefecture level divisions in China as of January 2019: 333 under the control of the People's Republic of China, and 6 in the claimed Taiwan Province.
China is officially divided into 339 prefecture-level divisions, which rank below provinces and above counties as the second-level administrative division in the country. Of these, 333 are located in territory controlled by the People's Republic of China, while 6 are located in land controlled by Taiwan.
As of 2017, China administers 33 provincial-level regions, 334 prefecture-level divisions, 2,862 county-level divisions, 41,034 township-level administrations, and 704,382 basic-level autonomies. [1] Each of the levels (except "special administrative regions") corresponds to a level in the Civil Service of the People's Republic of China.
Prefectures are one of four types of prefecture-level divisions in China, the second-level administrative division in the country. While at one time [when?] prefectures were the most common prefecture-level division, they are in the process of being abolished [when?] and only seven formally-designated prefectures remain.
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).
This is a list of Chinese administrative divisions in order of their total resident populations. It includes all provinces, autonomous regions, direct-controlled municipalities and special administrative regions controlled by the Republic of China (1912–1949) or the People's Republic of China (1949–present).
The following article lists all prefecture-level divisions of China, including Prefecture-level cities, Autonomous prefectures and prefectures, by GDP and GDP per capita. Shenzhen prefecture-level city has the largest GDP in China (CN¥ 3.5 trillion) Guangzhou prefecture-level city has second-largest GDP in China (CN¥ 2.8 trillion) Suzhou ...
Division codes for statistical use consist of the administrative division codes and an additional 6 digits, identifying the administrative divisions of China at the village level and above. For example, in the code 110102 007 003, 110102 refers to Xicheng District, Beijing, 007 refers to Yuetan Subdistrict and 003 refers to Yuetan Community.