Administrative Divisions of Mainland China

When reading about different places in China, they are often described in terms of the administrative or political divisions in or near which they are located. At times I have found this confusing; so we briefing discussed it in the Y staff English class on Friday. Then, I did a search on the Internet and found a good (hopefully up-to-date) explanation on Answers.com from material published on Wikipedia. [Note: Wikipedia cannot be directly accessed from China.]

The constitution of the People's Republic of China provides for three levels of government; however, currently there are five practical (de facto) levels of local government in mainland China: the province, prefecture, county, township and village. Their is a sixth level, the district public office, under counties, but it is being abolished.

The People's Republic of China administers 33 province-level (省级 shengji) divisions, including 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two special administrative regions. Chengdu is in Sichuan Province. Wikipedia provides the following provincial-level map of the People's Republic of China. Sichuan is in southwestern China.


Sichuan is made up of the following administrative divisions: 21 prefecture-level divisions (18 prefecture-level cities and 3 autonomous prefectures), 181 county-level divisions (14 county-level cities, 120 counties, 4 autonomous counties and 43 districts), and 4782 township-level divisions (1865 towns, 2586 townships, 93 ethnic townships and 238 sub-districts).

Chengdu city is one of the 21 prefecture-level divisions of Sichuan. Below, from Answers.com/Wikipedia, is a list of the county-level administrative divisions in Chengdu city.

Prefecture level	County Level
	Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin
Chengdu City 成都市 Chéngdū Shì	Qingyang District	青羊区	Qīngyáng Qū
	Jinjiang District	锦江区	Jǐnjiāng Qū
	Jinniu District	金牛区	Jīnniú Qū
	Wuhou District	武侯区	Wǔhóu Qū
	Chenghua District	成华区	Chénghuá Qū
	Longquanyi District	龙泉驿区	Lóngquányì Qū
	Qingbaijiang District	青白江区	Qīngbáijiāng Qū
	Xindu District	新都区	Xīndū Qū
	Wenjiang District	温江区	Wēnjiāng Qū
	Dujiangyan City	都江堰市	Dūjiāngyàn Shì
	Pengzhou City	彭州市	Péngzhōu Shì
	Qionglai City	邛崃市	Qiónglái Shì
	Chongzhou City	崇州市	Chóngzhōu Shì
	Jintang County	金堂县	Jīntáng Xiàn
	Shuangliu County	双流县	Shuāngliú Xiàn
	Pi County	郫县	Pí Xiàn
	Dayi County	大邑县	Dàyì Xiàn
	Pujiang County	蒲江县	Pújiāng Xiàn
	Xinjin County	新津县	Xīnjīn Xiàn