Scope
A province is an administrative unit
Official province GDP and population cover every prefecture and county—not a capital-metro GDP alone.
Province profiles
Read the province before the city.
34 landmark provincial regions: Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Sichuan, Henan, Hubei, Fujian, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Anhui, Hunan, Hebei, Guangxi, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Guizhou, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hainan, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing. Province-level totals cover far more than any single metro.
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Official province data
Guangdong
China’s largest provincial economy, anchored by the Pearl River Delta.
- GDP
- 14.16 T yuan
- Residents
- 127.8 M
- Area
- 179,800 sq km
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Jiangsu
A manufacturing and export powerhouse with dense prefecture-level economies.
- GDP
- 13.70 T yuan
- Residents
- 85.3 M
- Area
- 107,200 sq km
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Zhejiang
A private-sector and digital-economy heavy province centred on Hangzhou and the coast.
- GDP
- 9.01 T yuan
- Residents
- 66.7 M
- Area
- 105,500 sq km
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Shandong
Northern China’s largest provincial economy, with industrial and coastal city clusters.
- GDP
- 9.86 T yuan
- Residents
- 100.8 M
- Area
- 157,900 sq km
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Sichuan
Western China’s leading provincial economy, with Chengdu as the primary hub.
- GDP
- 6.47 T yuan
- Residents
- 83.6 M
- Area
- 486,000 sq km
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Henan
China’s third-most populous province and a Central Plains agricultural, manufacturing and logistics hub.
- GDP
- 6.36 T yuan
- Residents
- 97.9 M
- Area
- 167,000 sq km
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Hubei
Central China’s economic anchor and Yangtze corridor, centred on Wuhan.
- GDP
- 6.00 T yuan
- Residents
- 58.3 M
- Area
- 185,900 sq km
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Fujian
A private-sector and export-oriented coastal province on the Taiwan Strait.
- GDP
- 5.78 T yuan
- Residents
- 41.9 M
- Area
- 124,000 sq km
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Shaanxi
Northwest China’s gateway: an energy, aerospace and research hub centred on Xi’an.
- GDP
- 3.55 T yuan
- Residents
- 39.5 M
- Area
- 205,800 sq km
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Liaoning
Northeast China’s industrial heartland and a Bohai coastal province.
- GDP
- 3.26 T yuan
- Residents
- 41.6 M
- Area
- 145,900 sq km
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Anhui
A fast-growing Yangtze River Delta manufacturing province centred on Hefei.
- GDP
- 5.06 T yuan
- Residents
- 61.2 M
- Area
- 140,100 sq km
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Hunan
A Central China economy known for engineering machinery, agriculture and consumer industries.
- GDP
- 5.32 T yuan
- Residents
- 65.4 M
- Area
- 211,800 sq km
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Hebei
The province surrounding Beijing and Tianjin, with large industrial, port and agricultural systems.
- GDP
- 4.75 T yuan
- Residents
- 73.8 M
- Area
- 188,800 sq km
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Guangxi
A southwest coastal autonomous region linking China with ASEAN by ports and land borders.
- GDP
- 2.86 T yuan
- Residents
- 50.1 M
- Area
- 237,600 sq km
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Yunnan
A biodiverse southwest border province with tourism, clean energy and cross-border trade.
- GDP
- 3.15 T yuan
- Residents
- 46.6 M
- Area
- 394,100 sq km
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Jiangxi
A central-southeast province with electronics, copper, lithium and a large rice-growing economy.
- GDP
- 3.42 T yuan
- Residents
- 45.0 M
- Area
- 166,900 sq km
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Shanxi
A north China energy province shaped by coal, electricity, heavy industry and industrial transition.
- GDP
- 2.55 T yuan
- Residents
- 34.5 M
- Area
- 156,700 sq km
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Guizhou
A mountainous southwest province known for hydropower, resources, liquor, tourism and digital infrastructure.
- GDP
- 2.27 T yuan
- Residents
- 38.6 M
- Area
- 176,167 sq km
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Inner Mongolia
A vast northern autonomous region with energy, metals, rare earths, agriculture and pastoral systems.
- GDP
- 2.63 T yuan
- Residents
- 23.9 M
- Area
- 1,183,000 sq km
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Heilongjiang
China’s northernmost province, with major grain production, forests, petroleum and border trade.
- GDP
- 1.65 T yuan
- Residents
- 30.3 M
- Area
- 470,700 sq km
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Jilin
A northeast province with automobiles, grain production, equipment manufacturing and a shrinking population.
- GDP
- 1.44 T yuan
- Residents
- 23.2 M
- Area
- 187,400 sq km
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Hainan
China’s island province and free trade port, with tourism, services, tropical agriculture and a compact land area.
- GDP
- 0.79 T yuan
- Residents
- 10.5 M
- Area
- 35,400 sq km
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Gansu
A long northwest corridor province with energy, minerals, agriculture and strategic transport routes.
- GDP
- 1.30 T yuan
- Residents
- 24.6 M
- Area
- 425,900 sq km
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Ningxia
A compact northwest autonomous region shaped by the Yellow River, energy, irrigated agriculture and wine.
- GDP
- 0.55 T yuan
- Residents
- 7.3 M
- Area
- 66,400 sq km
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Xinjiang
China’s largest provincial-level territory, with energy, cotton, agriculture, border trade and very low population density.
- GDP
- 2.05 T yuan
- Residents
- 26.2 M
- Area
- 1,664,900 sq km
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Qinghai
A vast high-altitude province at the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, with clean energy, minerals and pastoral systems.
- GDP
- 0.40 T yuan
- Residents
- 5.9 M
- Area
- 722,300 sq km
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Tibet
A vast high-altitude autonomous region with pastoral systems, hydropower, tourism, border trade and very low population density.
- GDP
- 0.28 T yuan
- Residents
- 3.7 M
- Area
- 1,202,800 sq km
Official special-region data
Hong Kong
A highly urbanised special administrative region and international financial, trade and services centre.
- GDP equivalent
- 2.85 T yuan eq.
- Population
- 7.53 M
- Land area
- 1,114.6 sq km
Official special-region data
Macao
A compact special administrative region with gaming, tourism and service exports at the centre of its economy.
- GDP equivalent
- 0.35 T yuan eq.
- Population
- 0.69 M
- Land area
- 33.3 sq km
Official special-region data
Taiwan
An export-oriented island economy with a major semiconductor and advanced-manufacturing base.
- GDP equivalent
- 5.59 T yuan eq.
- Population
- 23.40 M
- Land area
- 36,197.3 sq km
Province-level municipality
Beijing
China’s capital shown as a province-level municipality, using the same whole-municipality boundary as the Beijing city profile.
- GDP
- 5.21 T yuan
- Residents
- 21.80 M
- Area
- 16,411 sq km
Province-level municipality
Tianjin
A northern coastal province-level municipality with a major port, manufacturing base and broad urban-rural administrative territory.
- GDP
- 1.85 T yuan
- Residents
- 13.63 M
- Area
- 11,966 sq km
Province-level municipality
Shanghai
A global financial, trade and transport centre shown as a province-level municipality using the same boundary as the Shanghai city profile.
- GDP
- 5.67 T yuan
- Residents
- 24.85 M
- Area
- 6,341 sq km
Province-level municipality
Chongqing
A very large inland province-level municipality whose whole-municipality statistics include extensive counties, mountains and rural territory.
- GDP
- 3.38 T yuan
- Residents
- 31.87 M
- Area
- 82,400 sq km
Hierarchy
Keep province and city separate
A prefecture like Suzhou can approach a mid-sized province. Always check whether the page is provincial or municipal.
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Landmark provinces first
The current set covers 34 economically prominent, geographically varied provincial regions; others will follow the same traceable standard.