List of cities in China


According to the administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China, there are three levels of cities: provincial-level cities, prefecture-level cities, and county-level cities. As of January 2024, the PRC has a total of 707 cities: 4 municipalities, 2 SARs, 293 prefecture-level cities and 408 county-level cities. This list does not include any cities in the disputed Taiwan Province and portions of Fujian Province, which are claimed by the PRC under the One China Policy, as these areas are controlled by the Republic of China.
Prefecture-level cities nearly always contain multiple counties, county-level cities, and other such sub-divisions. Because of this, prefecture-level cities often overlap in area with county-level cities.
Four cities are centrally administered municipalities, which include dense urban areas, suburbs, and large rural areas: Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, and Tianjin.
In 2024, there were 105 cities governed by the People's Republic of China with an urban population of over 1 million.

List of cities

Contemporary cities

Types of cities

CityChineseProvincePrefectureFounded
Hong Kong香港特别行政區ZZZ-SARautonomousZZZZ-nonenone1997-07-01
Macau澳門特别行政區ZZZ-SARautonomousZZZZ-nonenone1999-12-20
Beijing北京市ZZZ-municipalitymunicipalZZZZ-nonenone1949-10-01
Chongqing重庆市ZZZ-municipalitymunicipalZZZZ-nonenone1997-03-14
Shanghai上海市ZZZ-municipalitymunicipalZZZZ-nonenone1949-10-01
Tianjin天津市ZZZ-municipalitymunicipalZZZZ-nonenone1967-01-02
Anqing安庆市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1979-11-04
Bengbu蚌埠市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1949-10-01
Bozhou亳州市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2000-05-21
Chaohu巢湖市AnhuiHefei2011-07-14
Chizhou池州市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2000-06-25
Chuzhou滁州市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1992-12-20
Fuyang阜阳市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1996-01-01
Guangde广德市AnhuiXuancheng2019-07-12
Hefei合肥市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1949-10-01
Huaibei淮北市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1960-04-16
Huainan淮南市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1951-01-18
Huangshan黄山市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1987-11-27
Jieshou界首市AnhuiFuyang1989-09-27
Lu'an六安市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1999-09-02
Ma'anshan马鞍山市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1956-10-12
Mingguang明光市AnhuiChuzhou1994-05-31
Ningguo宁国市AnhuiXuancheng1997-03-11
Qianshan潜山市AnhuiAnqing2018-07-02
Suzhou宿州市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1998-12-06
Tianchang天长市AnhuiChuzhou1993-09-18
Tongcheng桐城市AnhuiAnqing1996-08-20
Tongling铜陵市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1971-12-11
Wuhu芜湖市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1972-12-30
Wuwei无为市AnhuiWuhu2019-11-20
Xuancheng宣城市AnhuiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2000-06-25
Fu'an福安市FujianNingde1989-11-13
Fuding福鼎市FujianNingde1995-10-13
Fuqing福清市FujianFuzhou1990-12-26
Fuzhou福州市FujianZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1949-10-01
Jian'ou建瓯市FujianNanping1992-10-20
Jinjiang晋江市FujianQuanzhou1992-03-06
Longhai龙海市FujianZhangzhou1993-05-12
Longyan龙岩市FujianZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1996-11-20
Nan'an南安市FujianQuanzhou1993-05-12
Nanping南平市FujianZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1994-09-05
Ningde宁德市FujianZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1999-11-14
Putian莆田市FujianZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-09-09
Quanzhou泉州市FujianZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1985-05-14
Sanming三明市FujianZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-04-28
Shaowu邵武市FujianNanping1983-08-17
Shishi石狮市FujianQuanzhou1987-12-17
Wuyishan武夷山市FujianNanping1989-08-21
Xiamen厦门市FujianZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1949-10-01
Yong'an永安市FujianSanming1984-09-12
Zhangping漳平市FujianLongyan1990-08-15
Zhangzhou漳州市FujianZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1985-05-14
Baiyin白银市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1985-05-14
Dingxi定西市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2003-04-04
Dunhuang敦煌市GansuJiuquan1987-08-21
Hezuo合作市GansuGannan1996-05-28
Huating华亭市GansuPingliang2018-07-02
Jiayuguan嘉峪关市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1971-09-10
Jinchang金昌市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1981-02-09
Jiuquan酒泉市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2002-06-18
Lanzhou兰州市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1949-10-01
Linxia临夏市GansuLinxia1983-08-31
Longnan陇南市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2004-01-11
Pingliang平凉市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2002-06-02
Qingyang庆阳市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2002-06-22
Tianshui天水市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1985-07-08
Wuwei武威市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2001-05-09
Yumen玉门市GansuJiuquan1961-11-15
Zhangye张掖市GansuZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2002-03-01
Chaozhou潮州市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1991-12-07
Dongguan东莞市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1988-01-07
Enping恩平市GuangdongJiangmen1994-02-28
Foshan佛山市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1975-11-22
Gaozhou高州市GuangdongMaoming1993-06-08
Guangzhou广州市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1954-06-19
Heshan鹤山市GuangdongJiangmen1993-11-08
Heyuan河源市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1988-01-07
Huazhou化州市GuangdongMaoming1994-07-04
Huizhou惠州市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1988-01-07
Jiangmen江门市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1975-11-22
Jieyang揭阳市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1991-12-07
Kaiping开平市GuangdongJiangmen1993-01-05
Lechang乐昌市GuangdongShaoguan1994-04-28
Leizhou雷州市GuangdongZhanjiang1994-04-26
Lianjiang廉江市GuangdongZhanjiang1993-12-10
Lianzhou连州市GuangdongQingyuan1994-04-22
Lufeng陆丰市GuangdongShanwei1995-01-19
Luoding罗定市GuangdongYunfu1993-04-08
Maoming茂名市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1975-11-22
Meizhou梅州市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1988-01-07
Nanxiong南雄市GuangdongShaoguan1996-06-17
Puning普宁市GuangdongJieyang1993-04-06
Qingyuan清远市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1988-01-07
Shantou汕头市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1975-11-22
Shanwei汕尾市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1988-01-07
Shaoguan韶关市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1975-11-22
Shenzhen深圳市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1979-03-05
Sihui四会市GuangdongZhaoqing1993-11-25
Taishan台山市GuangdongJiangmen1992-04-17
Wuchuan吴川市GuangdongZhanjiang1994-05-26
Xingning兴宁市GuangdongMeizhou1994-06-06
Xinyi信宜市GuangdongMaoming1995-09-11
Yangchun阳春市GuangdongYangjiang1994-05-05
Yangjiang阳江市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1988-01-07
Yingde英德市GuangdongQingyuan1994-01-12
Yunfu云浮市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1994-04-05
Zhanjiang湛江市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1975-11-22
Zhaoqing肇庆市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1988-01-07
Zhongshan中山市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1988-01-07
Zhuhai珠海市GuangdongZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1979-03-05
Baise百色市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2002-06-02
Beihai北海市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-10-08
Beiliu北流市GuangxiYulin1994-04-18
Cenxi岑溪市GuangxiWuzhou1995-09-11
Chongzuo崇左市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2002-12-23
Dongxing东兴市GuangxiFangchenggang1996-04-29
Fangchenggang防城港市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1993-05-23
Guigang贵港市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1995-10-27
Guilin桂林市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1961-11-25
Guiping桂平市GuangxiGuigang1994-05-18
Hechi河池市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2002-06-18
Hengzhou横州市GuangxiNanning2021-02-03
Heshan合山市GuangxiLaibin1981-06-29
Hezhou贺州市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2002-06-18
Jingxi靖西市GuangxiBaise2015-08-01
Laibin来宾市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2002-09-29
Lipu荔浦市GuangxiGuilin2018-07-02
Liuzhou柳州市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1961-11-25
Nanning南宁市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1961-12-23
Pingguo平果市GuangxiBaise2019-11-20
Pingxiang凭祥市GuangxiChongzuo1961-05-27
Qinzhou钦州市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1994-06-28
Wuzhou梧州市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1961-11-25
Yulin玉林市GuangxiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1997-04-22
Anshun安顺市GuizhouZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2000-06-23
Bijie毕节市GuizhouZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2011-10-22
Chishui赤水市GuizhouZunyi1990-09-30
Duyun都匀市GuizhouQiannan1966-03-09
Fuquan福泉市GuizhouQiannan1996-12-02
Guiyang贵阳市GuizhouZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1949-10-01
Kaili凯里市GuizhouQiandongnan1983-08-19
Liupanshui六盘水市GuizhouZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1978-12-18
Panzhou盘州市GuizhouLiupanshui2017-04-09
Qianxi黔西市GuizhouBijie2021-01-20
Qingzhen清镇市GuizhouGuiyang1992-11-06
Renhuai仁怀市GuizhouZunyi1995-11-30
Tongren铜仁市GuizhouZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2011-10-22
Xingren兴仁市GuizhouQianxinan2018-07-02
Xingyi兴义市GuizhouQianxinan1987-11-06
Zunyi遵义市GuizhouZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1997-06-10
Danzhou儋州市HainanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2015-02-19
Dongfang东方市HainanZZZZ-nonenone1997-03-12
Haikou海口市HainanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1986-05-31
Qionghai琼海市HainanZZZZ-nonenone1992-11-06
Sansha三沙市HainanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2012-06-21
Sanya三亚市HainanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1987-11-20
Wanning万宁市HainanZZZZ-nonenone1996-08-05
Wenchang文昌市HainanZZZZ-nonenone1995-11-07
Wuzhishan五指山市HainanZZZZ-nonenone1986-06-12
Anguo安国市HebeiBaoding1991-05-06
Baoding保定市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-11-15
Bazhou霸州市HebeiLangfang1990-01-04
Botou泊头市HebeiCangzhou1982-12-13
Cangzhou沧州市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-11-15
Chengde承德市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-11-15
Dingzhou定州市HebeiBaoding1986-03-05
Gaobeidian高碑店市HebeiBaoding1993-04-09
Handan邯郸市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-11-15
Hengshui衡水市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1996-05-31
Hejian河间市HebeiCangzhou1990-10-18
Huanghua黄骅市HebeiCangzhou1989-07-27
Jinzhou晋州市HebeiShijiazhuang1991-11-30
Langfang廊坊市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1988-09-13
Luanzhou滦州市HebeiTangshan2018-07-02
Nangong南宫市HebeiXingtai1986-03-05
Pingquan平泉市HebeiChengde2017-04-09
Qian'an迁安市HebeiTangshan1996-10-10
Qinhuangdao秦皇岛市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-03-03
Renqiu任丘市HebeiCangzhou1986-03-05
Sanhe三河市HebeiLangfang1993-03-03
Shahe沙河市HebeiXingtai1987-02-20
Shenzhou深州市HebeiHengshui1994-07-04
Shijiazhuang石家庄市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1978-03-11
Tangshan唐山市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1978-03-11
Xinji辛集市HebeiShijiazhuang1986-03-05
Wu'an武安市HebeiHandan1988-09-01
Xingtai邢台市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-11-15
Xinle新乐市HebeiShijiazhuang1992-10-08
Zhangjiakou张家口市HebeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-11-15
Zhuozhou涿州市HebeiBaoding1986-09-24
Zunhua遵化市HebeiTangshan1992-02-17
Anda安达市HeilongjiangSuihua1984-11-17
Bei'an北安市HeilongjiangHeihe1982-12-18
Daqing大庆市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1965-12-28
Dongning东宁市HeilongjiangMudanjiang2015-12-15
Fujin富锦市HeilongjiangJiamusi1988-08-30
Fuyuan抚远市HeilongjiangJiamusi2016-01-13
Hailin海林市HeilongjiangMudanjiang1992-07-28
Hailun海伦市HeilongjiangSuihua1989-12-23
Harbin哈尔滨市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1954-06-19
Hegang鹤岗市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1966-02-08
Heihe黑河市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1993-02-08
Hulin虎林市HeilongjiangJixi1996-10-11
Jiamusi佳木斯市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-10-08
Jixi鸡西市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1966-02-08
Mishan密山市HeilongjiangJixi1988-11-17
Mohe漠河市HeilongjiangDaxing'anling2018-02-22
Mudanjiang牡丹江市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-10-08
Muling穆棱市HeilongjiangMudanjiang1995-03-07
Nehe讷河市HeilongjiangQiqihar1992-09-02
Nenjiang嫩江市HeilongjiangHeihe2019-07-12
Ning'an宁安市HeilongjiangMudanjiang1993-02-12
Qiqihar齐齐哈尔市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1964-01-15
Qitaihe七台河市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-10-08
Shangzhi尚志市HeilongjiangHarbin1988-09-14
Shuangyashan双鸭山市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1966-02-08
Suifenhe绥芬河市HeilongjiangMudanjiang1975-08-15
Suihua绥化市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1999-12-28
Tieli铁力市HeilongjiangYichun1988-09-13
Tongjiang同江市HeilongjiangJiamusi1987-02-24
Wuchang五常市HeilongjiangHarbin1993-06-01
Wudalianchi五大连池市HeilongjiangHeihe1983-10-08
Yichun伊春市HeilongjiangZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1979-12-14
Zhaodong肇东市HeilongjiangSuihua1986-09-08
Anyang安阳市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1982-03-10
Changge长葛市HenanXuchang1993-12-14
Changyuan长垣市HenanXinxiang2019-07-12
Dengfeng登封市HenanZhengzhou1994-05-30
Dengzhou邓州市HenanNanyang1988-11-17
Gongyi巩义市HenanZhengzhou1991-06-12
Hebi鹤壁市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1974-01-19
Huixian辉县市HenanXinxiang1988-10-11
Jiaozuo焦作市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1974-01-19
Jiyuan济源市HenanZZZZ-nonenone1988-06-25
Kaifeng开封市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1961-12-25
Lingbao灵宝市HenanSanmenxia1993-05-12
Linzhou林州市HenanAnyang1994-01-24
Luohe漯河市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1986-01-18
Luoyang洛阳市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1964-04-30
Mengzhou孟州市HenanJiaozuo1996-04-29
Nanyang南阳市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1994-07-01
Pingdingshan平顶山市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1969-03-15
Puyang濮阳市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-09-01
Qinyang沁阳市HenanJiaozuo1989-09-27
Ruzhou汝州市HenanPingdingshan1988-06-25
Sanmenxia三门峡市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1986-01-18
Shangqiu商丘市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1997-06-10
Weihui卫辉市HenanXinxiang1988-10-08
Wugang舞钢市HenanPingdingshan1990-09-04
Xiangcheng项城市HenanZhoukou1993-12-16
Xingyang荥阳市HenanZhengzhou1994-04-05
Xinmi新密市HenanZhengzhou1994-04-05
Xinxiang新乡市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1982-03-10
Xinyang信阳市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1998-06-09
Xinzheng新郑市HenanZhengzhou1994-05-16
Xuchang许昌市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1986-01-18
Yanshi偃师市HenanLuoyang1993-12-15
Yima义马市HenanSanmenxia1981-04-04
Yongcheng永城市HenanShangqiu1996-10-11
Yuzhou禹州市HenanXuchang1988-06-25
Zhengzhou郑州市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1949-10-01
Zhoukou周口市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2000-06-08
Zhumadian驻马店市HenanZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2000-06-08
Anlu安陆市HubeiXiaogan1987-09-04
Chibi赤壁市HubeiXianning1986-05-27
Dangyang当阳市HubeiYichang1988-10-22
Danjiangkou丹江口市HubeiShiyan1983-08-19
Daye大冶市HubeiHuangshi1994-02-18
Enshi恩施市HubeiEnshi1981-11-07
Ezhou鄂州市HubeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-08-19
Guangshui广水市HubeiSuizhou1988-10-11
Hanchuan汉川市HubeiXiaogan1997-03-12
Honghu洪湖市HubeiJingzhou1987-07-31
Huanggang黄冈市HubeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1995-12-23
Huangshi黄石市HubeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1950-08-30
Jianli监利市HubeiJingzhou2020-06-12
Jingmen荆门市HubeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1983-08-19
Jingshan京山市HubeiJingmen2018-02-22
Jingzhou荆州市HubeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1994-09-29
Laohekou老河口市HubeiXiangyang1979-11-16
Lichuan利川市HubeiEnshi1986-05-27
Macheng麻城市HubeiHuanggang1986-05-27
Qianjiang潜江市HubeiZZZZ-nonenone1988-05-25
Shishou石首市HubeiJingzhou1986-05-27
Shiyan十堰市HubeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1973-02-17
Suizhou随州市HubeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration2000-06-25
Songzi松滋市HubeiJingzhou1995-12-29
Tianmen天门市HubeiZZZZ-nonenone1987-08-03
Wuhan武汉市HubeiZZZ-direct administrationdirect administration1954-06-19
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