How many provinces and cities are there in China?

China has 23 provinces, 4 municipalities, 2 special administrative regions and 5 autonomous regions.

1, 23 provinces: Hebei (Hebei), Shandong (Shandong), Liaoning (Liaoning), Heilongjiang (Heilongjiang), Jilin (Jilin), Gansu (Gansu), Qinghai (Qinghai), Henan (Henan), Jiangsu (Jiangsu) and Hubei (Hubei).

2. Four municipalities directly under the Central Government:

(1) Chongqing, referred to as Chongqing or Pakistan for short, is the only municipality directly under the central government, national central city, megacity and international metropolis in central and western China, and the economic, financial, scientific and technological, shipping, trade and logistics center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

(2) Beijing, referred to as "Beijing" for short, is the seat of the capital, municipality directly under the Central Government, national central city, national political center, cultural center, international exchange center, People's Republic of China (PRC) Central People's Government, National People's Congress, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, People's Republic of China (PRC) Central Military Commission and Central Theater Command.

(3) Shanghai, referred to as "Shanghai" or "Shen" for short, is the birthplace of China's * * * production party, a municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China, a national central city, a megacity, a core city of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, an international economic, financial, trade, shipping and scientific and technological innovation center, and the first batch of coastal open cities.

(4) Tianjin, referred to as Tianjin for short, is a municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China, a national central city, a megacity, an economic center around the Bohai Sea, the first batch of coastal open cities, a national advanced manufacturing R&D base, a core area of international shipping in the north, a demonstration area of financial innovation and operation, and a pioneer area of reform and opening up.

3. Five autonomous regions:

(1) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: Inner Mongolia for short. Hohhot, the capital. Inner Mongolia is one of the provincial-level administrative regions with many neighboring provinces in China, spanning three major regions: Northeast China, North China and Northwest China, and adjacent to eight provinces.

(2) Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: referred to as "New". It is the largest provincial administrative region in China, located in the northwest of China.

(3) Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: referred to as "Ning". Yinchuan, the capital city, was founded on June 25th, 1958, and is one of the five major minority autonomous regions in China.

(4) Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: referred to as "Guangxi". Guilin and Yangshuo in this area are world-famous scenic tourist areas and have the reputation of "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world".

(5) Xizang Autonomous Region: Tibet for short. It is an autonomous region in the southwest frontier of China, located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with Lhasa as its capital.

4. Two special administrative regions:

(1) Macau, referred to as "Macau" for short, is located on the southeast coast of Chinese mainland, on the west bank of the Pearl River Delta, adjacent to Zhuhai City in Guangdong Province in the north, facing Wanchai and Hengqin in Zhuhai City in the west, facing Hong Kong across the sea in the east and the South China Sea in China in the south.

(2) Hong Kong, referred to as "Hong Kong" for short, is called the People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Administrative Region. It is located in the south of China, east of the Pearl River Estuary, along the South China Sea, bordering Shenzhen in the north, the Pearl River in the west, and facing Macao Special Administrative Region, Zhuhai City and Zhongshan City across the Pearl River Estuary.

Extended data:

Distribution of China Province:

1, East China (including Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi);

2. South China (including Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan);

3. Central China (including Henan, Hunan and Hubei);

4. North China (including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia);

5. Northwest China (including Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Gansu and Xinjiang);

6. Southwest China (including Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Chongqing and Tibet);

7. Northeast China (including Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang);

8 Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan provinces).