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Administrative divisions of China
Province-level (1st) Municipalities Provinces Autonomous regions Special administrative regions
Sub-provincial level Sub-provincial cities Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Sub-provincial city districts
Prefecture-level (2nd) Prefectural cities Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures (abolishing) Autonomous prefectures
Sub-prefectural-level Sub-prefectural cities Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Provincial-controlled districts
County level (3rd) Counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts (obsolete)
Analogous county level units Management areas Management committee
Township level (4th) Townships Ethnic townships Towns Ethnic towns Subdistricts Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city (pilot)
Analogous township level units Management areas Management committee Areas Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]),Prison area,University towns, etc.
Village level (5th) (Grassroots Autonomous Organizations) Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Residential Committees
Others Regions Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National central cities Special Economic Zones
History:before 1912,1912–49,1949–present Administrative division codes
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Villages (Chinese:村;pinyin:Cūn), formallyvillage-level divisions (村级行政区;Cūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū) inChina, serve as a fundamental organizational unit for its rural population (census, mail system). Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one per area). In 2000, China's densely populated villages (>100 persons/square km) had a population greater than 500 million and covered more than 2 million square kilometers, or more than 20% of China's total area.^[1] By 2020, all incorporated villages (with proper conditions making it possible) had road access, the last village to be connected being a remote village inSichuan province'sButuo County.^[2]

Types of villages

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Urban

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Residential community (simplified Chinese:社区;traditional Chinese:社區;pinyin:shèqū)
- Residents' committee (simplified Chinese:居民委员会;traditional Chinese:居民委員會;pinyin:jūmín wěiyuánhuì)
  - Residential groups (simplified Chinese:居民小组;traditional Chinese:居民小組;pinyin:jūmín xiǎozǔ

Note: Urban village (Chinese:城中村;pinyin:chéngzhōngcūn) one that spontaneously and naturally exists within urban area, which is not an administrative division.

Rural

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The building housing the local village committee and other government offices and organizations in Baiwan Village, Xiqiuwan Township,Badong County,Hubei

Administrative village orVillage (Chinese:行政村or 村;pinyin:xíngzhèngcūnor cūn)
Hamlet orBand (Chinese:屯;pinyin:tún)
Gacha (Chinese:嘎查;pinyin:gāchá) only forInner Mongolia.
Ranch (Chinese:牧委会;pinyin:mùwěihuì) only forQinghai.
Ethnic village (Chinese:民族村;pinyin:mínzúcūn) only for village populated by Ethnic minority.
- Village committees (simplified Chinese:村民委员会;traditional Chinese:村民委員會;pinyin:cūnmín wěiyuánhuì)
  - Villager groups (simplified Chinese:村民小组;traditional Chinese:村民小組;pinyin:cūnmín xiǎozǔ)

Natural village

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Natural villages (Chinese:自然村;pinyin:zìráncūn) are residential communities as a social concept, which are often described as a village. They do not have formally defined boundaries, although during the lateQing dynasty andRepublic of China era, rules defined who was a resident of a particular natural village. They are often named ascun (村),tun (屯),ying (营),zhaizi (寨子),zhuang (庄),wanzi (湾子), orbang (浜), depending on the region. An estimated 2 million of these villages exist in China, with their number decreasing rapidly at a rate of over 100 a day due tourbanisation and consolidation.^[3]^[4]

Lists of village-level divisions

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Villages (村)

List of villages in China

Provinces

Autonomous areas

Municipalities

References

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^Ellis 2004.
^"Paved road links China's "last village" with outside world - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived fromthe original on July 5, 2020.
^L, Aaron (2014-07-28)."Bounded Collectivism: Approaching Rural Land Rights and Labor Through "Natural Villages" in Southwest China 限定的集産主義中国南西部の「自然村」を通じて農村地帯の土地所有権と労働を考察する".Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Retrieved2025-09-01.
^"中国每天消失百个自然村传统村落急需保护(图)-中新网".www.chinanews.com. Retrieved2025-09-01.

Bibliography

Ellis, E.C. (2004). "Long-term ecological changes in the densely populated rural landscapes of China". In DeFries, R. S.; Asner, G. P.; Houghton, R. A. (eds.).Ecosystems and Land Use Change(PDF). Geophysical Monograph Series. Vol. 153. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union. pp. 303–320.Bibcode:2004GMS...153..303E.doi:10.1029/153GM23.ISBN 0-87590-418-1.
Joseph Esherick; Mary Backus Rankin; Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U.S.) (1990).Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance. University of California Press.ISBN 978-0-520-06763-9.
Roxann Prazniak (1 January 1999).Of Camel Kings and Other Things: Rural Rebels Against Modernity in Late Imperial China. Rowman & Littlefield.ISBN 978-0-8476-9007-7.

External links

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v t e Lists ofvillage-level divisions ofChina
Provinces	Anhui Fujian Gansu Guangdong Guizhou Hainan Hebei Heilongjiang Henan Hubei Hunan Jiangsu Jiangxi Jilin Liaoning Qinghai Shaanxi Shandong Shanxi Sichuan Yunnan Zhejiang
Autonomous regions	Guangxi Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) Ningxia Tibet (Xizang) Xinjiang
Municipalities	Beijing Chongqing Shanghai Tianjin
See also:List of county-level divisions of China