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East China
Geographical region of China
Geographical region of China
| Field | Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | East China | ||||||
| subdivision_type | Country | ||||||
| settlement_type | Region | ||||||
| image_skyline | {{multiple image | ||||||
| border | infobox | ||||||
| total_width | 290 | ||||||
| image_style | border:1; | ||||||
| perrow | 2/2 | ||||||
| image1 | SkylineShanghaiPudongSeptember2021(2).jpg | ||||||
| caption1 | Lujiazui CBD | ||||||
| image2 | Leifang Pagoda Sunset.jpg | ||||||
| caption2 | West Lake | ||||||
| image9 | 青岛德国总督楼旧址西北面俯览.jpg | ||||||
| caption9 | Old town of Qingdao | ||||||
| image8 | 190801 天游峰景区 （6）.jpg | ||||||
| caption8 | Wuyi Mountains | ||||||
| subdivision_name | |||||||
| image_map | East China.svg | ||||||
| population_total | 425784000 | ||||||
| population_as_of | 2024 | ||||||
| population_footnotes | |||||||
| {{cite web | url | http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202105/t20210510_1817185.html | title=Main Data of the Seventh National Population Census | publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of China | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511031334/http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202105/t20210510_1817185.html | archive-date=11 May 2021 }} |
| population_density_km2 | 483 | ||||||
| area_total_km2 | 795837 | ||||||
| blank_name | GDP | ||||||
| blank_info | 2024 | ||||||
| blank1_name | - Total | ||||||
| blank1_info | CN¥ | ||||||
| blank2_name | - Per capita | ||||||
| blank2_info | CN¥ | ||||||
| blank_name_sec2 | Largest city | ||||||
| blank_info_sec2 | Shanghai |
East China () is a geographical region in the People's Republic of China, mainly consisting of seven province-level administrative divisions, namely the provinces (from north to south) Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and the direct-administered municipality Shanghai.
The region was defined in 1945 as the jurisdiction area of the Central Committee's East China Bureau (), which was a merger politburo agency of the Shandong Bureau and the Central China Bureau previously established during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the region included all the aforementioned provinces except Jiangxi, which was previously considered part of South Central China before being reassigned in 1961. The East China Bureau was abolished in 1966 due to the Cultural Revolution, but in 1970 the fourth five-year plan redefined the region as the East China Coordinated Region (), which supported the logistics of the Jinan and Nanjing Military Regions. This geographical definition was retained after the economic reform of the 1980s.
Since the Chinese Government claims sovereignty over Taiwan and the few outlying islands of Fujian (Kinmen and Matsu), which have been ruled by the exiled Government of the Republic of China (who fled to Taiwan after losing the Chinese Civil War in 1949) as its own territory, the nominal "Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China" is also classified in this region.
Administrative divisions
| GB | ISO No. 3166-2:CN | Province | Chinese Name | Capital | Population (2020 census) | Density | Area | Abbreviation | Abbreviation in Chinese |
|---|
Cities with urban area over one million in population
Provincial capitals in bold.
| # | City | Urban area | District area | City proper | Prov. | Census date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **Shanghai** | 20,217,748 | 22,315,474 | 23,019,196 | SH | 2010-11-01 |
| 2 | **Nanjing** | 5,827,888 | 7,165,292 | 8,003,744 | JS | 2010-11-01 |
| 3 | **Hangzhou** | 5,162,093 | 6,241,971 | 8,700,373 | ZJ | 2010-11-01 |
| 4 | **Jinan** | 3,527,566 | 4,335,989 | 6,813,984 | SD | 2010-11-01 |
| 5 | Qingdao | 3,519,919 | 3,718,835 | 8,715,087 | SD | 2010-11-01 |
| 6 | Suzhou | 3,302,152 | 4,072,081 | 10,459,890 | JS | 2010-11-01 |
| 7 | Xiamen | 3,119,110 | 3,531,347 | 3,531,347 | FJ | 2010-11-01 |
| 8 | **Hefei** | 3,098,727 | 3,310,268 | 5,702,466 | AH | 2010-11-01 |
| 9 | **Fuzhou** | 2,824,414 | 2,921,762 | 7,115,369 | FJ | 2010-11-01 |
| 10 | Wuxi | 2,757,736 | 3,543,719 | 6,374,399 | JS | 2010-11-01 |
| 11 | Wenzhou | 2,686,825 | 3,039,439 | 9,122,102 | ZJ | 2010-11-01 |
| 12 | Ningbo | 2,583,073 | 3,491,597 | 7,605,689 | ZJ | 2010-11-01 |
| 13 | Zibo | 2,261,717 | 3,129,228 | 4,530,597 | SD | 2010-11-01 |
| 14 | Changzhou | 2,257,376 | 3,290,918 | 4,592,431 | JS | 2010-11-01 |
| 15 | **Nanchang** | 2,223,661 | 2,357,839 | 5,042,566 | JX | 2010-11-01 |
| 16 | Yantai | 1,797,861 | 2,227,733 | 6,968,202 | SD | 2010-11-01 |
| 17 | Xuzhou | 1,735,166 | 1,967,214 | 8,577,225 | JS | 2010-11-01 |
| 18 | Nantong | 1,612,385 | 2,274,113 | 7,283,622 | JS | 2010-11-01 |
| 19 | Huai'an | 1,523,655 | 2,635,406 | 4,801,662 | JS | 2010-11-01 |
| 20 | Linyi | 1,522,488 | 2,303,648 | 10,039,440 | SD | 2010-11-01 |
| 21 | Weifang | 1,261,582 | 2,044,028 | 9,086,241 | SD | 2010-11-01 |
| 22 | Huainan | 1,238,488 | 1,666,826 | 2,333,896 | AH | 2010-11-01 |
| 23 | Taizhou | 1,189,276 | 1,902,510 | 5,968,838 | ZJ | 2010-11-01 |
| 24 | Jinjiang | 1,172,827 | 1,986,447 | *see Quanzhou* | FJ | 2010-11-01 |
| 25 | Quanzhou | 1,154,731 | 1,435,185 | 8,128,533 | FJ | 2010-11-01 |
| 26 | Yancheng | 1,136,826 | 1,615,836 | 7,262,200 | JS | 2010-11-01 |
| 27 | Tai'an | 1,123,541 | 1,735,425 | 5,494,207 | SD | 2010-11-01 |
| 28 | Kunshan | 1,118,617 | 1,644,860 | *see Suzhou* | JS | 2010-11-01 |
| 29 | Wuhu | 1,108,087 | 1,307,042 | 2,263,123 | AH | 2010-11-01 |
| 30 | Putian | 1,107,199 | 1,953,801 | 2,778,508 | FJ | 2010-11-01 |
| 31 | Yangzhou | 1,077,531 | 1,392,563 | 4,460,066 | JS | 2010-11-01 |
| 32 | Cixi | 1,059,942 | 1,462,383 | *see Ningbo* | ZJ | 2010-11-01 |
| 33 | Jiangyin | 1,013,670 | 1,595,138 | *see Wuxi* | JS | 2010-11-01 |
Notes
References
References
- "Home - Regional - Quarterly by Province". China NBS.
- "GB/T 2260 codes for the provinces of China".
- [[ISO 3166-2:CN]] ([[International Organization for Standardization. ISO]] [[ISO 3166-2. 3166-2]] codes for the provinces of China)
- 国务院人口普查办公室、国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司编. (2012). 中国统计出版社 [China Statistics Press]
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