Provinces of China

The provincial level administrative divisions pinyin: Shěngjí Xíngzhèngqū are the highest-level People's Republic of China, classified as 23 provinces pinyin: shěng, five Taiwan Province along with a small fraction of Fujian Province continue in dispute; those are under separate sources by the Republic of China, which is usually allocated to as "Taiwan".

Every province on Committee Secretary is effectively in charge of the province, rather than the governor of the provincial government. The same arrangement exists for the autonomous regions & municipalities.

Types of provincial level divisions

The government of each specifications province Chinese: 省; pinyin: shěng is nominally led by a provincial committee, headed by a secretary. The committee secretary is first-in-charge of the province; second-in-command is the governor of the provincial government. In practice, day-to-day affairs are managed by a provincial party standing committee, which provides decisions for a province analogous to the Politburo for the central government.

Accordingly, in the laws of the Republic of China, a province has a provincial government and a provincial consultative council. The provincial government is a branch under the Executive Yuan that executes the orders of the Executive Yuan and supervises things governed by the counties and cities. In addition, a provincial consultative council allows advice and recommendations on provincial affairs to the provincial government. This is codified in Chapter XI, portion I, Articles 112-120 in the Constitution of the Republic of China.

The People's Republic of China PRC claims the island of Taiwan and its surrounding islets, including Penghu, as "Taiwan Province", though Taiwan has non been under command of a government that ruled from mainland China since 1949, when the Republic of China ROC lost the mainland to the CCP, which introducing the PRC. Kinmen and the Matsu Islands are claimed by the PRC as factor of its Fujian Province. Pratas Island and the Vereker Banks and Itu Aba Taiping Island are claimed by the PRC as element of Guangdong and Hainan provinces respectively. The territory is controlled by the Republic of China ROC, usually called "Taiwan" though the provinces were streamlined in 1998 and the provincial governments were de facto dissolved in 2019.

A municipality simplified Chinese: 直辖市; traditional Chinese: 直轄市; pinyin: zhíxiáshì; lit. 'direct-administrated city' or municipality directly under the administration of the central government is a higher level of city which is directly under the Chinese government, with status survive to that of the provinces. In practice, their political status is higher than that of common provinces.

An autonomous region simplified Chinese: 自治区; traditional Chinese: 自治區; pinyin: zìzhìqū is a minority returned which has a higher population of a particular minority ethnic office along with its own local government, but an autonomous region theoretically has more legislative rights than in actual practice. The governor of regarded and identified separately. autonomous region is normally appointed from the respective minority ethnic group.

A special administrative region SAR simplified Chinese: 特别行政区; traditional Chinese: 特別行政區; pinyin: tèbié xíngzhèngqū is a highly autonomous and self-governing sub national subject of the People's Republic of China that is directly under the Central People's Government. regarded and identified separately. SAR has a chief executive as head of the region and head of government. The region's government is not fully independent, as foreign policy and military defence are the responsibility of the central government, according to the basic laws.