China is administratively divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 centrally administrative municipalities and 2 special administrative regions. Municipalities are directly under the administration of central government. A municipality has the same political, economical and jurisdictional rights as a province. The statistics of areas are from official information issued in mid 1997 (CHINA 1997, Published by New Star Publishers),(Listing by Initial Letter of Capitals). Anhui Province Area: 139,000 square kilometers Population: 60.70 millions Capital: Hefei Major Cities: Huangshan; Bengbu; Tongling; Ma'anshan Beijing Area: 16,800 square kilometers Population: 12.59 millions Chongqing (Municipality) (Newly Promoted as Municipality in 1997) Area: 82,000 square kilometers Population: 30.02 millions Fujian Province Area: 120,000 square kilometers Population: 32.61 millions Capital: Fuzhou Major Cities: Xiamen; Zhangzhou Gansu Province Area: 450,000 square kilometers Population: 24.67 millions Capital: Lanzhou Major Cities: Dunhuang; Jiayuguan; Jiayuguan Guangdong Province Area: 186,000 square kilometers Population: 69.61 millions Capital: Guangzhou Major Cities: Chaozhou; Dongguan; Shantou; Shenzhen; Shunde; Zhuhai; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Area: 236,300 square kilometers Population: 45.89 millions Capital: Nanning Major Cities: Beihai; Guilin; Liuzhou Guizhou Province Area: 170,000 square kilometers Population: 35.55 millions Capital: Guiyang Major Cities: Anshun; Zunyi Hainan Province Area: 34,000 square kilometers Population: 7.34 millions Capital: Haikou Major Cities: Sanya Hebei Province Area: 190,000 square kilometers Population: 64.84 millions Capital: Shijiazhuang Major Cities: Cangzhou; Chengde; Qinhuangdao(Including Beidaihe and Shanhaiguan); Tangshan; Baoding; Zhangjiakou Heilongjiang Province Area: 469,000 square kilometers Population: 37.28 millions Capital: Harbin Major Cities: Hailaer; Mohe; Mudanjiang; Qiqihar; Suifenhe Henan Province Area: 167,000 square kilometers Population: 91.72 millions Capital: Zhengzhou Major Cities: Anyang; Kaifeng; Luoyang; Sanmenxia Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Area: 1,092 square kilometers Population: 6.31 millions Hubei Province Area: 187,400 square kilometers Population: 58.25 millions Capital: Wuhan Major Cities: Huangshi; Shiyan; Shashi; Xiangfan; Yichang; Hunan Province Area: 210,000 square kilometers Population: 64.28 millions Capital: Changsha Major Cities: Changde; Dayong; Hengyang; Xiangtan; Zhangjiajie Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Area: 1,183,000 square kilometers Population: 23.07 millions Capital: Hohhot Major Cities: Baotou; Chifeng; Wuhai Jiangsu Province Area: 102,600 square kilometers Population: 71.10 millions Capital: Nanjing Major Cities: Lianyungang; Xuzhou; Suzhou; Wuxi; Zhenjiang Jiangxi Province Area: 166,600 square kilometers Population: 41.05 millions Capital: Nanchang Major Cities: Jiujiang; Lushan; Jian, Jinggangshan Jilin Province Area: 187,000 square kilometers Population: 26.10 millions Capital: Changchun Major Cities: Jilin; Tuman; Yanji Liaoning Province Area: 145,700 square kilometers Population: 41.16 millions Capital: Shenyang Major Cities: Dalian; Dandong; Anshan, Wafangdian Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Area: 66,400 square kilometers Population: 5.21 millions Capital: Yinchuan Major Cities: Shizuishan Qinghai Province Area: 720,000 square kilometers Population: 4.88 millions Capital: Xining Shaanxi Province Area: 205,000 square kilometers Population: 35.43 millions Capital: Xi'an Major Cities: Xianyang; Baoji; Hanzhong; Shandong Province Area: 153,000 square kilometers Population: 87.38 millions Capital: Jinan Major Cities: Dezhou; Linyi; Qingdao;Qufu; Tai'an; Yantai Shanghai (Municipality) Area: 6,200 square kilometers Population: 14.19 millions Shanxi Province Area: 156,000 square kilometers Population: 31.09 millions Capital: Taiyuan Major Cities: Datong; Linfen; Yangquan Sichuan Province Area: 488,000 square kilometers Population: 84.28 millions Capital: Chengdu Major Cities: Emeishan; Zigong; Daxianshi Taiwan Province Area: 36,000 square kilometers Population: 21.30 millions Major Cities: Taipei; Gaoxiong; Tainan; Xinzhu Tianjin (Municipality) Area: 11,300 square kilometers Population: 9.48 millions Tibet Autonomous Region Area: 1,220,000 square kilometers Population: 2.44 millions Capital: Lhasa Major Cities: Xigaze Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Area: 1,600,000 square kilometers Population: 16.89 millions Capital: Urumqi Major Cities: Kashgar; Turfan Yunnan Province Area: 394,000 square kilometers Population: 40.42 millions Capital: Kunming Major Cities: Dali; Simao; Xishuangbanna Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Area: 23.8 square kilometers Population: 435,000 Zhejiang Province Area: 101,800 square kilometers Population: 43.43 millions Capital: Hangzhou Major Cities: Jiaxing; Ningbo; Shaoxing; Wenzhou; (Information by Network Center of MOFCOM) (News source: English Website of Ministery of Commerce)