How many jurisdictions does China have? How many provinces?

There are 21 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 2 special administrative regions under four direct regions.

China has 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities directly under the central government.

By the end of 2020, China had 34 provincial-level administrative regions (including 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the Central Government, 2 special administrative regions, 2,844 county-level administrative regions, and 38,741 township-level administrative regions).

The Constitution of the People's Republic of China stipulates that the administrative regions of the People's Republic of China are divided as follows: (1) the country is divided into provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; (2) Provinces and autonomous regions are divided into autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties, and cities; (3) Counties and autonomous counties are divided into townships, ethnic townships, and towns.

Regional location

China is located in the east of Asia, on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. It starts from the center of the Heilongjiang River near the Mohe River in the north and reaches the dark sand of Zengmu in the Nansha Islands in the south. It stretches from the Pamir Plateau in the west to the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers in the east. The land area is 9.6 million square kilometers, and the land border is more than 20,000 kilometers.

The territorial sea consists of the Bohai Sea (inland sea) and the three major border seas of the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and the coastline of the eastern and southern continents is 10,000 kilometers.

China's land borders are 10,000 kilometers long, bordering North Korea to the east, Mongolia to the north, Russia to the northeast, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the northwest, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and other countries to the west and southwest, and Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam to the south. The east and southeast are bordered by South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

China has 23 provinces, 4 municipalities, 5 autonomous regions and 2 special administrative regions. The provinces are: Hebei Province, Shanxi Province, Liaoning Province, Jilin Province, Heilongjiang Province, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Anhui Province, Fujian Province, Taiwan Province, Jiangxi Province, Shandong Province, Henan Province, Hubei Province, etc.

Townships are the most basic administrative units in China. Autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures, and autonomous counties are ethnic autonomous areas in areas inhabited by ethnic minorities, and they are all inseparable parts of the motherland. The State may also establish special administrative regions as needed.

In addition, in order to facilitate administrative and economic construction, and to strengthen national unity, the State may make necessary adjustments and changes to administrative divisions as necessary.

Administrative divisions are the areas that are divided by the state into different levels for the convenience of administration. Therefore, administrative divisions are also known as administrative regions. China's Constitution stipulates that the administrative regions of the People's Republic of China are divided as follows:

1) The country is divided into provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

(2) Provinces and autonomous regions are divided into autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties, and cities;

(3) Counties and autonomous counties are divided into townships, ethnic townships, and towns.

Municipalities and larger cities are divided into districts and counties. Autonomous prefectures are divided into counties, autonomous counties, and cities.

Autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures, and autonomous counties are all ethnic autonomous areas. The State may establish special administrative regions when necessary. The systems to be implemented in the special administrative regions shall be prescribed by law by the National People's Congress in accordance with specific circumstances.

China has 22 provinces, 4 municipalities directly under the central government, 2 special administrative regions, and 4 ethnic autonomous regions. There are 32 provincial-level administrative regions.

China is a large country of the people, including 23 provinces and four municipalities directly under the central government.

China has 23 provinces and 4 municipalities directly under the central government.

The 23 provinces are: Hebei Province, Shanxi Province, Liaoning Province, Jilin Province, Heilongjiang Province, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Anhui Province, Fujian Province, Jiangxi Province, Shandong Province, Taiwan Province, Henan Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Guangdong Province, Hainan Province, Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province, Yunnan Province, Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Qinghai Province;

The four municipalities directly under the central government are: Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Tianjin.