List of islands of the People's Republic of China

This is a list of islands of the People's Republic of China.

Exercises effective sovereignty

Those marked with an asterisk (*) lie within special administrative regions.

• Changshan Islands
• Chongming: second largest
• Damang island
• Gulangyu Island
• Hainan: largest
• 235 islands within Hong Kong (See also: Islands of Hong Kong) *
  • Cheung Chau
  • Hong Kong Island
  • Lamma Island
  • Lantau Island
  • Ma Wan Island
  • Peng Chau
  • Po Toi Island
  • Tsing Yi Island
• Hebao island
• 2 islands in Macau *
  • Coloane
  • Taipa
• Meizhou Island
• Shamian Island
• Shangchuan Island
• Weizhou and Xieyang Islands
  • Weizhou Island
• Xiachuan Island
• Xiamen Island
• Zhifu Island
• Zhoushan Archipelago (1,390 islands)
  • Zhoushan Island: third largest

Marginal sea basepoint islands

• Sheshan Island
• Tong Island (in Zhoushan Archipelago)

Disputed or mixed control

• Hupijiao Rock (reef)
• Yajiao Rock (reef)

Claims but does not control

• Islands controlled by the Republic of China (aka Taiwan) - includes Taiwan, Pescadores, Quemoy, Matsu Islands, and Pratas Islands. See political status of Taiwan.
• Diaoyu Islands - under Japanese naval control (Senkaku Islands).
• Suyan Rock (reef) - under South Korean naval control (Ieodo).

See also

• List of islands
• Geography of China