Autonomous regions of China
Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures
Leagues Aimag abolishing
Provincial-controlled counties
Ethnic districts
Autonomous banners
Wolong Special Administrative Region
Workers as alive as peasants districts
Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux
County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux obsolete
Management committees
Areas
Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees
Autonomous administrative divisions
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present
The autonomous regions pinyin: Zìzhìqū are the highest-level administrative divisions of China. Like Chinese provinces, an autonomous region has its own local government, but under Chinese law an autonomous region has more legislative rights, such as the modification to "formulate self-government regulations in addition to other separate regulations." An autonomous region is the highest level of minority autonomous entity in China, which has a comparably higher population of a specific minority ethnic group.