List of cities in China

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This article is about any city in China. For cities of the People's Republic of China by province, see List of cities in the People's Republic of China. For cities in Taiwan (Republic of China) listed alphabetically, see List of cities in Taiwan.

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[edit] Largest Megalopolis Areas

Megalopolis area Jurisdiction Population
The Yangtze River Delta PRC 88,000,000
The Pearl River Delta PRC 50,000,000
Beijing–Tianjin (Hebei's cities cluster) PRC 39,710,000
Liaoning's cities cluster PRC 33,600,000
West coast of Taiwan ROC 18,000,000

[edit] Largest Metropolitan Areas

Metropolitan area Jurisdiction Population
Shanghai PRC 18,670,000 (2006)
Beijing PRC 17,430,000 (2007)
Hong Kong-Shenzhen[1] PRC 15,800,000 (2006)
Guangzhou-Foshan PRC 13,539,000 (2006)
Chongqing PRC 12,057,000 (2006)
Tianjin PRC 7,240,000 (2006)
Taipei-Keelung ROC 6,752,826 (2006)
Changsha PRC 6,488,000 (2006)

[edit] Largest Urban Areas

Chinese Hanyu Pinyin City Population Image Description
上海 Shànghǎi Shanghai 16,173,000 Located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Shanghai is mainland China's economic powerhouse and largest city. Shanghai was opened up to trade as a result of the 1842 Treaty of Nanjing that ended the First Opium War. Foreign investment collapsed after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949; however, in 1992 foreign direct investment was encouraged, and Shanghai's economy has since been growing at an amazing pace.
北京 Běijīng Beijing 8,495,000 China's capital and center for sciences and the arts. Beijing is one of the hubs where major national transportation routes converge. It is rich in historical and cultural heritage.
广州/
廣州		 Guǎngzhōu Guangzhou 7,607,200 Better known to many English speakers as Canton, Guangzhou is a city in Guangdong province. It is a port on the Pearl River, navigable to the South China Sea, and is located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Hong Kong.
深圳 Shēnzhèn Shenzhen 6,996,000 Shenzhen once a small fishing village, singled out by Deng Xiaoping and became the first of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in China since the late 1970s has been one of the fastest growing cities in the world due to its proximity to Hong Kong, once a British colony until 1997. It is also the busiest port in China after Shanghai.
香港 Xiānggǎng Hong Kong 6,963,100 Hong Kong Island was first occupied by British forces in 1841, and then formally ceded from China under the Treaty of Nanjing at the end of the war. Hong Kong remained a crown colony of the United Kingdom until 1997 when it was returned to China.
台北/
臺北		 Táiběi Taipei 6,752,826 On December 7, 1949, Chiang Kai-shek established Taipei as the provisional capital of the ROC after the Communists forced them to flee mainland China. Both factions initially laid claim to the Chinese mainland as result of a civil war. However, The nationalist government of the ROC (Taiwan) has long since abandoned their claim on the mainland. However, the Communist party of mainland China still claims Taiwan as a Chinese territory.
天津 Tiānjīn Tianjin 5,190,000 Tianjin's urban area is located along the Hai He River. Its ports, some distance away, are located on Bohai Gulf. The manufacturing sector is the largest and fastest-growing sector of Tianjin's economy.
武汉/
武漢		 Wǔhàn Wuhan 5,750,000 Wuhan is a city in Hubei province that lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers. It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and expressways passing through the city. In the 1920s, Wuhan was the capital of a leftist Kuomintang (KMT) government led by Wang Jingwei in opposition to Chiang Kai-shek. Wuhan is now recognized as the political, economic, financial, cultural, educational and transportation center of central China.
沈阳/
瀋陽		 Shěnyáng Shenyang 5,681,000 A city in Liaoning province, Shenyang is an important industrial center in China, and the transportation and commercial centre of China's Northeastern region. At its peak in the 1970s, Shenyang was one of the top three industrial centers in China. The economy of the city has revived significantly in recent years, thanks to Chinese government's Revitalize Northeast China campaign and the rapid development of software and auto manufacturing industries. Many major industrial companies have their headquarters in Shenyang.
长春/
長春		 Chángchūn Changchun 5,566,000 Changchun has a complete industrial system with 128 categories and over 3,000 types of products. As Changchun's main industry, the manufacturing of transportation facilities and machinery such as those of automobiles, passenger trains, and tractors have developed very well. It's total output of those products constitutes, respectively, 1/5, 1/2, and 1/10 of that of the nation's.
哈尔滨/
哈爾濱		 Hā'ěrbīn Harbin 5,475,000 This city in Heilongjiang province lies on the southern bank of the Songhua River. It serves as a key political, economic, scientific, cultural and communications center of Northeastern China. Harbin is originally a Manchu word meaning 'a place for drying fishing nets.'
成都 Chéngdū Chengdu 5,293,000 This city in Sichuan province has risen as an IT and electronic R&D powerhouse. Chengdu's Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone has attracted a variety of multinationals, including Intel, IBM, NOKIA, Alcatel, Motorola, SAP, Microsoft, and Lenovo. Chengdu is a financial hub for Western China and has successfully attracted major international financial institutions. Chengdu is also known for manufacturing Chinese military aviation technology such as the J-10 Fighter.
济南/
濟南		 Jǐnán Jinan 4,789,000 Jinan is the capital city of Shandong province.
重庆/
重慶		 Chóngqìng Chongqing 4,196,000 Chongqing is a major inland trading port transporting goods from the southwestern provinces to eastern China. Known for heavy industrial and military industry, Chongqing is home to Asia's largest aluminum plant, South West Aluminium. The surrounding area is rich in natural resources, with more than forty kinds of minerals with coal reserves estimated to be 4.8 billion tonnes. It has China's largest natural gas field. Chongqing's agricultural sector still employs a significant portion of the population. The city has been used as a resettlement area for refugees from the Three Gorges Dam project.
杭州 Hángzhōu Hangzhou 3,931,900 This city in Zhejiang province is one of the most renowned and prosperous cities of China for much of the last 1,000 years. Hangzhou is also well-known for its beautiful natural scenery, with the West Lake (Xī Hú, 西湖) as the most noteworthy location. Hangzhou's industries have traditionally been textile, silk and machinery, but electronics and other light industries are developing, especially since the start of the new open economy in 1992. Tea from Hangzhou, particular Longjing (龙井) or Dragon Well Tea is a famed export. In 2004, 2005 and 2006 Forbes magazine ranked Hangzhou the number 1 city in China for business.
邯郸/
邯鄲		 Hándān Handan 3,763,000 This industrial city in Hebei province has transportation, coal mining, iron, steel and textile mills, chemical, and cement plants.
太原/
太原		 Tàiyuán Taiyuan 3,413,800 A Prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province.
南京 Nánjīng Nanjing 3,375,000 The capital city of Jiangsu province; Nanjing has previously served as the capital of China during several historical periods. Located in the downstream Yangtze River drainage basin. Nanjing has been a national hub of education, research, transportation and tourism throughout history.
西安 Xī'ān Xi'an 3,352,000 Xi'an is the capital city of Shaanxi province. With 3,100 years of recorded history Xi'an is one of the most important cities in Chinese history. It was the capital of China for 13 dynasties, including the Zhou, Qin, Han, and the Tang dynasties. It was renowned for being the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and for the location of the Terracotta Army made during the Qin Dynasty. Since the 1990s, Xi'an has re-emerged as an important cultural, industrial and educational center of the central-northwest region, with facilities for research and development, national security and China's space exploration program.
兰州/
蘭州		 Lánzhōu Lanzhou 3,200,000 A Prefecture-level city in Gansu Province.
大连/
大連		 Dàlián Dalian 3,153,000 This city in Liaoning province is China's northernmost ice-free seaport and is China's most livable city. It is also one of the most heavily developed industrial areas of China. Located west of the Yellow Sea and east of Bohai Sea roughly in the middle of the Liaodong/Liaotung peninsula at its narrowest neck or isthmus.
郑州/
鄭州		 Zhèngzhōu Zhengzhou 3,153,000 A Prefecture-level city in Henan Province.
高雄 Gāoxióng Kaohsiung 3,100,000 One of Taiwan's Central Municipalities also the second largest city in Taiwan. However, the Communist party of mainland China still claims Taiwan as a Chinese territory.
台中/
臺中		 Táizhōng Taichung 2,654,000 The Third Biggest city in Taiwan behind Taipei and Kaohsiung in central region of the west cost of Taiwan Island.
青岛/
青島		 Qīngdǎo Qingdao 2,584,000 Qingdao today is a major seaport, naval base, and industrial center in Shandong province. It is also the site of the Tsing-tao Brewery. The character 青 (qīng) in Chinese means "green" or "lush," while the character 岛 (dǎo) means "island." It was recently named China's 9th-most livable city by China Daily.

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ There are some restrictions on the movement of labor between Hong Kong and mainland China.

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