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List of cities in the People's Republic of China According to
administrative divisions of the
People's Republic of China , there are three level of cities, namely
municipalities ,
prefecture-level cities , and
county-level cities .
Sub-provincial cities are prefecture-level, and
Sub-prefecture-level cities are county-level, but given higher degree of power than cities of the same level.
The PRC has dozens of major cities, including 3 of the 55
global cities .
[All the Chinese given above in this section are in simplified Chinese characters, except for Kowloon, which is in traditional Chinese characters.]# City City population[Butler, Rhett. ]Cities and urban areas in China with population over 100,000 (2003). (2002), Administrative region Region 1. Shanghai 9,031,200 Shanghai MunicipalityEast 2. Beijing 7,129,500 Beijing MunicipalityNorth 3. Hong Kong 7,012,738 Hong Kong SARSouth 4. Tianjin 4,344,500 Tianjin MunicipalityNorth 5. Wuhan 3,957,500 Hubei ProvinceCentral 6. Shenyang 3,452,900 Liaoning ProvinceNortheast 7. Guangzhou 3,433,700 Guangdong ProvinceSouth 8. Harbin 2,765,400 Heilongjiang ProvinceNortheast 9. Xi'an 2,656,500 Shaanxi ProvinceNorthwest 10. Chongqing 2,311,600 Chongqing MunicipalitySouthwest 11. Kowloon 2,279,200 Hong Kong SARSouth 12. Chengdu 1,927,100 Sichuan ProvinceSouthwest 13. Changchun 1,886,700 Jilin ProvinceNortheast 14. Taiyuan 1,832,200 Shanxi ProvinceNorth 15. Nanjing 1,800,000 Jiangsu ProvinceEast 16. Jinan 1,728,400 Shandong ProvinceEast 17. Dalian 1,657,500 Liaoning ProvinceNortheast 18. Qingdao 1,449,500 Shandong ProvinceEast 19. Lanzhou 1,434,500 Gansu ProvinceNorthwest 20. Fushun 1,384,000 Liaoning ProvinceNortheast 21. Zhengzhou 1,347,700 Henan ProvinceCentral
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Beijing (Peking)
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Chongqing (Chungking)
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Hechuan **
Jiangjin **
Yongchuan **
Nanchuan *
Shanghai **
Pudong (sub-provincial district, strictly speaking not a city, but given the power higher than an ordinary prefecture-level city)
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Tianjin (Tientsin)
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Anqing *
Bengbu *
Bozhou *
Chaohu *
Chizhou *
Chuzhou *
Fuyang *
Hefei *
Huaibei *
Huainan *
Huangshan *
Lu'an *
Ma'anshan *
Suzhou *
Tongling *
Wuhu *
Xuancheng *
Fuzhou *
Longyan *
Nanping *
Ningde *
Putian *
Quanzhou *
Sanming *
Xiamen (Amoy) (
Sub-provincial city )
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Zhangzhou *
Baiyin *
Jiayuguan *
Jinchang *
Jiuquan *
Lanzhou *
Pingliang *
Qingyang *
Tianshui *
Wuwei *
Zhangyi *
Chaozhou (Teochew)
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Dongguan *
Foshan *
Guangzhou (Canton) (
Sub-provincial city )
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Jiangmen *
Meizhou (Meixian, Moi-yen or Moi-yan)
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Shantou (Swatou)
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Shenzhen (
Sub-provincial city )
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Xingning *
Zhanjiang *
Zhongshan *
Zhuhai *
Guiyang *
Haikou *
Shijiazhuang *
Harbin (
Sub-provincial city )
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Zhengzhou *
Ezhou *
Huanggang *
Huangshi *
Jingmen *
Jingzhou *
Shiyan *
Suizhou *
Xiangfan *
Xianning *
Xiaogan *
Wuhan (
Sub-provincial city )
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Yichang *
Changsha *
Nanjing (Nanking) (
Sub-provincial city )
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Nanchang *
Ganzhou **
Huichang *
Changchun (
Sub-provincial city )
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Dalian (Lüda or Luta, including Lushun (Port Arthur)) (
Sub-provincial city )
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Shenyang (
Sub-provincial city )
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Xining *
Xi'an (
Sub-provincial city )
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Jinan (
Sub-provincial city )
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Qingdao (Tsingtao) (
Sub-provincial city )
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Dongying *
Yantai *
Weihai *
Weifang *
Linyi *
Liaocheng *
Laiwu *
Rizhao *
Jining *
Binzhou *
Heze *
Zibo *
Zaozhuang *
Tai'an *
Dezhou *
Taiyuan *
Chengdu (
Sub-provincial city )
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Kunming *
Hangzhou (Hangchow) (
Sub-provincial city )
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Huzhou *
Jiaxing *
Jinhua *
Lishui *
Ningbo (
Sub-provincial city )
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Quzhou *
Shaoxing *
Taizhou *
Wenzhou *
Zhoushan *
Nanning *
Hohhot *
Yinchuan *
Kashgar *
Urumqi *
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