| T1. Divisions of administrative areas in China (end of 1998) | ||||||
| Region | Number | Number | Number of | Districts under | ||
| Cities at | Cities at | |||||
| of | perfectural | of | county | cities at | the jurisdiction | |
| perfectures | level | Counties | level | all levels | of cities | |
| National | 331 | 227 | 2126 | 437 | 664 | 737 |
| Beijing | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Tianjin | 5 | 13 | ||||
| Hebei | 11 | 11 | 138 | 23 | 34 | 34 |
| Shanxi | 11 | 6 | 101 | 16 | 22 | 18 |
| Inner Mongolia | 12 | 4 | 85 | 16 | 20 | 16 |
| Liaoning | 14 | 14 | 44 | 17 | 31 | 56 |
| Jilin | 9 | 8 | 41 | 20 | 28 | 19 |
| Heilongjiang | 13 | 11 | 67 | 20 | 31 | 63 |
| Shanghai | 4 | 16 | ||||
| Jiangsu | 13 | 13 | 64 | 31 | 44 | 44 |
| Zhejiang | 11 | 10 | 64 | 25 | 35 | 24 |
| Anhui | 16 | 12 | 66 | 10 | 22 | 39 |
| Fujian | 9 | 8 | 61 | 15 | 23 | 23 |
| Jiangxi | 11 | 7 | 85 | 14 | 21 | 14 |
| Shandong | 17 | 15 | 94 | 33 | 48 | 45 |
| Henan | 17 | 15 | 112 | 23 | 38 | 46 |
| Hubei | 12 | 11 | 67 | 25 | 36 | 34 |
| Hunan | 14 | 12 | 89 | 17 | 29 | 33 |
| Guangdong | 21 | 21 | 79 | 33 | 54 | 43 |
| Guangxi | 14 | 9 | 81 | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| Hainan | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| Zhongqing | 27 | 4 | 4 | 13 | ||
| Sichuan | 21 | 13 | 145 | 18 | 31 | 35 |
| Guizhou | 9 | 3 | 79 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| Yunnan | 16 | 3 | 122 | 13 | 16 | 7 |
| Tibet | 7 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Shaanxi | 10 | 7 | 89 | 6 | 13 | 18 |
| Gansu | 14 | 5 | 76 | 9 | 14 | 10 |
| Qinghai | 8 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Ningxia | 4 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Xinjing | 15 | 2 | 85 | 17 | 19 | 11 |