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View this comprehensive list of cities in China from Ankang to Zunyi!
We have included all cities in China that are either at, or above, prefecture-level and they are listed both alphabetically and grouped by province.
Hope you find it useful.
A: Ankang · Anqing · Anshan · Anshun · Anyang
B: Baicheng · Baise · Baishan · Baiyin · Baoding · Baoji · Baoshan · Baotou · Bayan Nur · Bazhong · Beihai · Beijing · Bengbu · Benxi · Bijie · Binzhou · Bozhou
C: Cangzhou · Changchun · Changde · Changsha · Changzhi · Changzhou · Chaoyang · Chaozhou · Chengde · Chengdu · Chenzhou · Chifeng · Chizhou · Chongqing · Chongzuo · Chuzhou
D: Dalian · Dandong · Danzhou · Daqing · Datong · Dazhou · Deyang · Dezhou · Dingxi · Dongguan · Dongying
E: Ezhou
F: Fangchenggang · Foshan · Fushun · Fuxin · Fuyang · Fuzhou (Fujian) · Fuzhou (Jiangxi)
G: Ganzhou · Guang'an · Guangyuan · Guangzhou · Guigang · Guilin · Guiyang · Guyuan
H: Haidong · Haikou · Handan · Hangzhou · Hanzhong · Harbin · Hebi · Hechi · Hefei · Hegang · Heihe · Hengshui · Hengyang · Heyuan · Heze · Hezhou · Hohhot · Huai'an · Huaibei · Huaihua · Huainan · Huanggang · Huangshan · Huangshi · Huizhou · Huludao · Hulun Buir · Huzhou
J: Ji'an · Jiamusi · Jiangmen · Jiaozuo · Jiaxing · Jiayuguan · Jieyang · Jilin · Jinan · Jinchang · Jincheng · Jingdezhen · Jingmen · Jingzhou · Jinhua · Jining · Jinzhong · Jinzhou · Jiujiang · Jiuquan · Jixi
K: Kaifeng · Karamay · Kumul · Kunming
L: Laibin · Langfang · Lanzhou · Leshan · Lhasa · Lianyungang · Liaocheng · Liaoyang · Liaoyuan · Lijiang · Lincang · Linfen · Linyi · Lishui · Liupanshui · Liuzhou · Longnan · Longyan · Loudi · Lu'an · Lüliang · Luohe · Luoyang · Luzhou
M: Ma'anshan · Maoming · Meishan · Meizhou · Mianyang · Mudanjiang
N: Nagqu · Nanchang · Nanchong · Nanjing · Nanning · Nanping · Nantong · Nanyang · Neijiang · Ningbo · Ningde · Nyingchi
O: Ordos
P: Panjin · Panzhihua · Pingdingshan · Pingliang · Pingxiang · Pu'er · Putian · Puyang
Q: Qamdo · Qingdao · Qingyang · Qingyuan · Qinhuangdao · Qinzhou · Qiqihar · Qitaihe · Quanzhou · Qujing · Quzhou
R: Rizhao
S: Sanmenxia · Sanming · Sansha · Sanya · Shanghai · Shangluo · Shangqiu · Shangrao · Shannan · Shantou · Shanwei · Shaoguan · Shaoxing · Shaoyang · Shenyang · Shenzhen · Shijiazhuang · Shiyan · Shizuishan · Shuangyashan · Shuozhou · Siping · Songyuan · Suihua · Suining · Suizhou · Suqian · Suzhou (Anhui) · Suzhou (Jiangsu)
T: Tai'an · Taiyuan · Taizhou (Jiangsu) · Taizhou (Zhejiang) · Tangshan · Tianjin · Tianshui · Tieling · Tongchuan · Tonghua · Tongliao · Tongling · Tongren · Turpan
W: Weifang · Weihai · Weinan · Wenzhou · Wuhai · Wuhan · Wuhu · Wuwei · Wuxi · Wuzhong · Wuzhou
X: Xi'an · Xiamen · Xiangtan · Xiangyang · Xianning · Xianyang · Xiaogan · Xigaze · Xingtai · Xining · Xinxiang · Xinyang · Xinyu · Xinzhou · Xuancheng · Xuchang · Xuzhou
Y: Ya'an · Yan'an · Yancheng · Yangjiang · Yangquan · Yangzhou · Yantai · Yibin · Yichang · Yichun (Heilongjiang) · Yichun (Jiangxi) · Yinchuan · Yingkou · Yingtan · Yiyang · Yongzhou · Yueyang · Yulin (Guangxi) · Yulin (Shaanxi) · Yuncheng · Yunfu · Yuxi
Z: Zaozhuang · Zhangjiajie · Zhangjiakou · Zhangye · Zhangzhou · Zhanjiang · Zhaoqing · Zhaotong · Zhengzhou · Zhenjiang · Zhongshan · Zhongwei · Zhoukou · Zhoushan · Zhuhai · Zhumadian · Zhuzhou · Zibo · Zigong · Ziyang · Zunyi
There are 4 municipalities in China which are effectively "city provinces":
Municipalities: Beijing · Chongqing · Shanghai · Tianjin
Other cities are each grouped by province, then listed alphabetically:
Anhui: Anqing · Bengbu · Bozhou · Chizhou · Chuzhou · Fuyang · Hefei · Huaibei · Huainan · Huangshan · Lu'an · Ma'anshan · Suzhou · Tongling · Wuhu · Xuancheng
Fujian: Fuzhou · Longyan · Nanping · Ningde · Putian · Quanzhou · Sanming · Xiamen · Zhangzhou
Gansu: Baiyin · Dingxi · Jiayuguan · Jinchang · Jiuquan · Lanzhou · Longnan · Pingliang · Qingyang · Tianshui · Wuwei · Zhangye
Guangdong: Chaozhou · Dongguan · Foshan · Guangzhou · Heyuan · Huizhou · Jiangmen · Jieyang · Maoming · Meizhou · Qingyuan · Shantou · Shanwei · Shaoguan · Shenzhen · Yangjiang · Yunfu · Zhanjiang · Zhaoqing · Zhongshan · Zhuhai
Guangxi: Baise · Beihai · Chongzuo · Fangchenggang · Guigang · Guilin · Hechi · Hezhou · Laibin · Liuzhou · Nanning · Qinzhou · Wuzhou · Yulin
Guizhou: Anshun · Bijie · Guiyang · Liupanshui · Tongren · Zunyi
Hainan: Danzhou · Haikou · Sansha · Sanya
Hebei: Baoding · Cangzhou · Chengde · Handan · Hengshui · Langfang · Qinhuangdao · Shijiazhuang · Tangshan · Xingtai · Zhangjiakou
Heilongjiang: Daqing · Harbin · Hegang · Heihe · Jiamusi · Jixi · Mudanjiang · Qiqihar · Qitaihe · Shuangyashan · Suihua · Yichun
Henan: Anyang · Hebi · Jiaozuo · Kaifeng · Luohe · Luoyang · Nanyang · Pingdingshan · Puyang · Sanmenxia · Shangqiu · Xinxiang · Xinyang · Xuchang · Zhengzhou · Zhoukou · Zhumadian
Hubei: Ezhou · Huanggang · Huangshi · Jingmen · Jingzhou · Shiyan · Suizhou · Wuhan · Xiangyang · Xianning · Xiaogan · Yichang
Hunan: Changde · Changsha · Chenzhou · Hengyang · Huaihua · Loudi · Shaoyang · Xiangtan · Yiyang · Yongzhou · Yueyang · Zhangjiajie · Zhuzhou
Inner Mongolia: Baotou · Bayan Nur · Chifeng · Hohhot · Hulun Buir · Ordos · Tongliao · Ulanqab · Wuhai
Jiangsu: Changzhou · Huai'an · Lianyungang · Nanjing · Nantong · Suqian · Suzhou · Taizhou · Wuxi · Xuzhou · Yancheng · Yangzhou · Zhenjiang
Jiangxi: Fuzhou · Ganzhou · Ji'an · Jingdezhen · Jiujiang · Nanchang · Pingxiang · Shangrao · Xinyu · Yichun · Yingtan
Jilin: Baicheng · Baishan · Changchun · Jilin · Liaoyuan · Siping · Songyuan · Tonghua
Liaoning: Anshan · Benxi · Chaoyang · Dalian · Dandong · Fushun · Fuxin · Huludao · Jinzhou · Liaoyang · Panjin · Shenyang · Tieling · Yingkou
Ningxia: Guyuan · Shizuishan · Wuzhong · Yinchuan · Zhongwei
Shaanxi: Ankang · Baoji · Hanzhong · Shangluo · Tongchuan · Weinan · Xi'an · Xianyang · Yan'an · Yulin
Shandong: Binzhou · Dezhou · Dongying · Heze · Jinan · Jining · Liaocheng · Linyi · Qingdao · Rizhao · Tai'an · Weifang · Weihai · Yantai · Zaozhuang · Zibo
Shanxi: Changzhi · Datong · Jincheng · Jinzhong · Linfen · Lüliang · Shuozhou · Taiyuan · Xinzhou · Yangquan · Yuncheng
Sichuan: Bazhong · Chengdu · Dazhou · Deyang · Guang'an · Guangyuan · Leshan · Luzhou · Meishan · Mianyang · Nanchong · Neijiang · Panzhihua · Suining · Ya'an · Yibin · Zigong · Ziyang
Tibet: Lhasa · Nagqu · Nyingchi · Qamdo · Shannan · Xigaze
Xinjiang: Karamay · Kumul · Turpan · Ürümqi
Yunnan: Baoshan · Kunming · Lijiang · Lincang · Pu'er · Qujing · Yuxi · Zhaotong
Zhejiang: Hangzhou · Huzhou · Jiaxing · Jinhua · Lishui · Ningbo · Quzhou · Shaoxing · Taizhou · Wenzhou · Zhoushan
There are different types of China cities and this page lists those in the mainland which are graded as being "prefecture-level" or above.
"Prefecture-level" means these cities are, at a minimum, administered directly by their provincial government.
If you can't find a Chinese city in our list it likely means that it is a "county-level city", meaning it is governed by a "parent" prefecture-level city.
An example of this is Rui'an City in Zhejiang province which is governed under Wenzhou City, rather than at the provincial level.
Note also that this list doesn't include Hong Kong, Macau or the various cities in Taiwan.
This list of Chinese AMR websites includes links to the AMR branch website for each province/administrative region in China.
In case you're wondering, the acronym "AMR" stands for "Administration for Market Regulation", which is a newly-launched Chinese government agency created by the merger of many previous agencies, including the AIC and AQSIQ.
This super regulator is now responsible for a wide range of regulatory matters in Mainland China, so if you need to get in touch with them you should find this list of Chinese AMR websites useful.
The China AEO Certificate is a document held by companies in China engaged in import and export activities.
Issued by China Customs, the certificate specifies the company's enterprise classification, which determines their level of inspections and more.
Requesting and verifying a supplier's China AEO certificate can be a sensible measure to understand if they are registered with China Customs as an "Authorized Economic Operator" and to check their AEO type.
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This article introduces these methods as well as providing a full list of each China province abbreviation, from Anhui to Zhejiang.
Matt Slater
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Hi there, I'm Matt, the Founder & CEO of China Checkup. Originally from the UK, I am now based in Brisbane, Australia.
Frustrated by the scarcity of concise, high-quality and timely information about Chinese companies, I setup China Checkup whilst living in Shanghai in 2013.
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