|conventional_long_name = People's Republic of China
|common_name = China
|image_flag = Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
|image_coat = National Emblem of the People's Republic of China.svg
|symbol_type = Emblem
|image_map = China in its region (claimed hatched).svg
|map_width = 220px
|map_caption = PRC-administered areas in dark green;<br />PRC territorial claims in light green
|national_anthem = “[[March of the Volunteers]]”<br />《义勇军进行曲》
|official_languages = {{nobr|[[Standard Mandarin]]<ref name="langlaw">{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.cn/english/laws/2005-09/19/content_64906.htm |title=Law of the People's Republic of China on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language (Order of the President No.37) |publisher=Gov.cn |date= |accessdate=2010-04-27}}</ref>}}
|languages_type = [[Official script]]s
|languages = [[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified Chinese]]<ref name="langlaw"/>
|regional_languages = {{nobr|''See [[Languages of China]]''}}
|ethnic_groups = 92% [[Han Chinese|Han]]; 55 recognised minorities<br />{{collapsible list|title=[[List of ethnic groups in China|List of ethnic groups]]<br />|91.6% [[Han Chinese|Han]]|1.30% [[Zhuang people|Zhuang]]|0.86% [[Manchu]]|0.79% [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]]|0.79% [[Hui people|Hui]]|0.72% [[Miao people|Miao]]|0.65% [[Yi people|Yi]]|0.62% [[Tujia]]|0.47% [[Ethnic Mongols in China|Mongol]]|0.44% [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]]|0.26% [[Buyei]]|0.15% [[Koreans in China|Korean]]|1.05% other}}
|capital = [[Бәәҗң балһсн|Бәәҗң]] (北京)
|largest_city = [[Шанхай]] (上海)
|demonym = [[Chinese people|Chinese]]
|government_type = [[People's republic]],<ref name="pplrepub">{{cite web
|Gini = 47.0<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2172.html CIA World Factbook] [Gini rankings]</ref>
|Gini_year = 2007
|HDI_year = 2007
|HDI = 0.772<ref>[http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_EN_Complete.pdf Human Development Report 2009]. The United Nations. Retrieved 5 October 2009.</ref>
a. {{note|names}} See also [[Name of China#Official names|Names of China]].
b. {{note|complex}} Simple characterizations of the [[political structure]] since the 1980s are no longer possible.<ref name="notsimple"/>
c. {{note|territory}} 9,598,086 km<sup>2</sup> excludes all disputed territories.<br /> 9,640,821 km<sup>2</sup> Includes PRC-administered area ([[Aksai Chin]] and [[Trans-Karakoram Tract]], both territories claimed by India), Taiwan is not included.<ref>{{cite web
|title=GDP expands 11.4 percent, fastest in 13 years
|publisher=Chinadaily.net
|date=2008-01-24
|accessdate=2009-06-15 }}</ref>
d. {{note|mainland}} Information for [[mainland China]] only. Hong Kong, [[Macau]] and territories under the jurisdiction of the [[Republic of China]], commonly known as [[Taiwan]], are excluded.
|+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| '''Китдин Улс Орна Таңһчин буулһавр'''<ref>References and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual provincial articles.</ref>
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!align="left"|Map #
!align="left"|[[Region of China|Region]]
!align="left"|Division name
!align="left"|[[Traditional Chinese|Trad.]]
!align="left"|[[Simplified Chinese|Simp.]]
!align="left"|[[Pinyin]]
!align="left"|[[Chinese Postal Map Romanization|Postal]]
!align="left"|Abbr.
!align="right"|[[ISO 3166-2:CN|ISO]]<ref>[[ISO 3166-2:CN]] ([[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] [[ISO 3166-2|3166-2]] codes for the provinces of China)</ref>
!align="left"|Type
!align="left"|Capital
!align="right"|Population¹
!align="right"|Density²
!align="right"|Area³
!align="left"|Divisions
{{tent division chn 1| 1|ff9148|Northwest |[[Шинҗән]] |新疆|新疆|Xīnjiāng |Sinkiang |{{lang|zh|新}} xīn |65|fffb91|[[Autonomous areas of China|AR]] |Ürümqi | 19,630,000| 12|1,660,400|Xinjiang}}
{{tent division chn 1| 2|79ff76|North|[[Өвр моңһл]]|內蒙古|内蒙古|Nèiměnggǔ|Mongolia|{{lang|zh|内蒙古}} nèiměnggǔ|15|fffb91|[[Autonomous areas of China|AR]] |Hohhot | 23,840,000| 20|1,183,000|Inner Mongolia}}
{{tent division chn 1|31|fffb91|South Central|[[Макау]] |澳門|澳门|Àomén |Macau |{{lang|zh|澳}} ào |92|79ff76|[[Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China|SAR]]| | 520,400|17,310|29|Macau}}
{{tent division chn 1|32|fffb91|South Central|[[Гонконг]] |香港|香港|Xiānggǎng|Hong Kong |{{lang|zh|港}} gǎng |91|79ff76|[[Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China|SAR]]| | 6,985,200| 6,352|1,104|Hong Kong}}
{{tent division chn 1|—|8bffe8|East |[[Тайван]]'''†''' |臺灣|台湾|Táiwān |Formosa |{{lang|zh|台}} tái |71|d16eff|[[Political status of Taiwan|Claimed Province]] '''†'''|Taipei | 23,000,000| 636| 35,581|Taiwan}}
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Notes:
:¹: as of 2004
:²: per [[Square kilometre|km²]]
:³: [[Square kilometre|km²]]
:†: Since its founding in 1949, the [[People's Republic of China|People's Republic of China (PRC)]] has considered Taiwan to be its 23rd province. However, the PRC has never controlled Taiwan. The [[Republic of China|Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan")]] currently controls Taiwan which it governs as [[Taiwan Province]], consisting of Taiwan island and [[Penghu]]. The ROC also controls one county of [[Fuchien]] (or Fukien) province: [[Kinmen]]; and part of a second county: [[Lienchiang]].