East China

East China
Country People's Republic of China (Mainland China)
 Republic of China (Taiwan)
Area
 • Total
795,837 km2 (307,274 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
384,364,968
 • Density483/km2 (1,250/sq mi)
GDP2022[2]
 - Total¥46.291 trillion
US$6.846 trillion
 - Per Capita¥120,435
US$17,810
Largest cityShanghai

East China (Chinese: 华东; pinyin: huá dōng) is a geographical region in the 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 (华东局), 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 (华东协作区), 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[3] ISO No. 3166-2:CN[4] Province Chinese Name Capital Population (2010 census) Density Area Abbreviation
Hù 31 Shanghai Municipality 上海市
Shànghǎi Shì 		Shanghai 23,019,148 3,630.20 6,341 SH 沪
Sū 32 Jiangsu Province 江苏省
Jiāngsū Shěng 		Nanjing 78,659,903 766.66 102,600 JS 苏
Zhè 33 Zhejiang Province 浙江省
Zhèjiāng Shěng		 Hangzhou 54,426,891 533.59 102,000 ZJ 浙
Wǎn 34 Anhui Province 安徽省
Ānhuī Shěng 		Hefei 59,500,510 425.91 139,700 AH 皖
Mǐn 35 Fujian Province 福建省
Fújiàn Shěng		 Fuzhou 36,894,216 304.15 121,300 FJ 闽
Gàn 36 Jiangxi Province 江西省
Jiāngxī Shěng 		Nanchang 44,567,475 266.87 167,000 JX 赣
Lǔ 37 Shandong Province 山东省
Shāndōng Shěng 		Jinan 95,793,065 622.84 153,800 SD 鲁

Cities with urban area over one million in population

Provincial capitals in bold.

#CityUrban area[5]District area[5]City proper[5]Prov.Census date
1Shanghai20,217,74822,315,47423,019,196SH2010-11-01
2Nanjing5,827,8887,165,2928,003,744JS2010-11-01
3Hangzhou5,162,0936,241,9718,700,373ZJ2010-11-01
4Jinan3,527,5664,335,9896,813,984SD2010-11-01
5Qingdao3,519,9193,718,8358,715,087SD2010-11-01
6Suzhou3,302,1524,072,08110,459,890JS2010-11-01
7Xiamen3,119,1103,531,3473,531,347FJ2010-11-01
8Hefei3,098,7273,310,2685,702,466AH2010-11-01
9Fuzhou2,824,4142,921,7627,115,369FJ2010-11-01
10Wuxi2,757,7363,543,7196,374,399JS2010-11-01
11Wenzhou2,686,8253,039,4399,122,102ZJ2010-11-01
12Ningbo2,583,0733,491,5977,605,689ZJ2010-11-01
13Zibo2,261,7173,129,2284,530,597SD2010-11-01
14Changzhou2,257,3763,290,9184,592,431JS2010-11-01
15Nanchang2,223,6612,357,8395,042,566JX2010-11-01
16Yantai1,797,8612,227,7336,968,202SD2010-11-01
17Xuzhou1,735,1661,967,2148,577,225JS2010-11-01
18Nantong1,612,3852,274,1137,283,622JS2010-11-01
19Huai'an1,523,6552,635,4064,801,662JS2010-11-01
20Linyi1,522,4882,303,64810,039,440SD2010-11-01
21Weifang1,261,5822,044,0289,086,241SD2010-11-01
22Huainan1,238,4881,666,8262,333,896AH2010-11-01
23Taizhou1,189,2761,902,5105,968,838ZJ2010-11-01
24Jinjiang1,172,8271,986,447see QuanzhouFJ2010-11-01
25Quanzhou1,154,7311,435,1858,128,533FJ2010-11-01
26Yancheng1,136,8261,615,8367,262,200JS2010-11-01
27Tai'an1,123,5411,735,4255,494,207SD2010-11-01
28Kunshan1,118,6171,644,860see SuzhouJS2010-11-01
29Wuhu1,108,0871,307,0422,263,123AH2010-11-01
30Putian1,107,1991,953,8012,778,508FJ2010-11-01
31Yangzhou1,077,5311,392,5634,460,066JS2010-11-01
32Cixi1,059,9421,462,383see NingboZJ2010-11-01
33Jiangyin1,013,6701,595,138see WuxiJS2010-11-01

See also

  • Yangtze River Delta

References

  1. ↑ "Main Data of the Seventh National Population Census". National Bureau of Statistics of China. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ GDP-2022 is a preliminary data "Home - Regional - Quarterly by Province" (Press release). China NBS.
  3. ↑ GB/T 2260 codes for the provinces of China
  4. ↑ ISO 3166-2:CN (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of China)
  5. 1 2 3 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2010年人口普查分县资料. Beijing: 中国统计出版社 [China Statistics Press]. ISBN 978-7-5037-6659-6.

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