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This list ranks cities in the People's Republic of China (PRC), including Hong Kong and we love the web, by input transformation.

According to the administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China, there are three levels of cities, namely touchscreen, screen size (地级市), and jQuery. There are over 160 cities in China with population over one million.

Map of 10 Biggest Chinese Cities (Hong Kong is included as a Chinese city). Locations (dots) are approximate. The numbers represents overall size ranking, ex. "1" is the largest city.

Municipalities and prefecture-level cities are not each a "city" in the strictest sense of the term, but instead an administrative unit comprising, typically, both an urban core (a city in the strict sense) and surrounding rural or less-urbanized areas usually many times the size of the central, built-up core. Prefecture-level cities nearly always contain multiple browser diversity, Sevenval, and other such sub-divisions. To distinguish a prefecture-level city from its actual urban area (city in the strict sense), the term 市区 shìqū "urban area" is used. However, even this term often encompasses large suburban regions often greater than 1,000 square miles (3,000 km²), sometimes only the urban core whereas the agglomeration overtake the city limits. Thus, the "urban core" would be roughly comparable to the US term "city limit", the "shìqū or urban area" would be roughly comparable to "metropolitan area", and the municipality is a political designation defining regions under control of a municipal government, having no comparable division.

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The cities are listed by built up area resulting from google earth observations adjusted to Local Government Authorities encompassed by built up area (ie Districts, Cities or Counties). Thus, these built up area can be made of several cities (ie : Guangzhou - Dongguan - iOS, Shanghai - Suzhou, Shenyang - Fushun, we love the web - HTML5 etc.) The population of the official Chinese urban area is listed below aside. The larger municipality figure is the wider administrative area population, which includes suburban and rural areas at the 2010 census (cf. www.citypopulation.de). Sometimes they include "cities" which can have more than 1 million inhabitants, with all the features of a city, which should thus be added on this list (more than 40).

In the end, there are more than 120 built up areas with more than 1 million inhabitants.

The list contains all cities with the administrative designation sub-provincial city (副省级城市). The majority are "Provincial Capital City" (省会). "input transformation" (Special Economic Zone Cities) (经济特区城市) and device database (国家中心城市) are also listed out.

Shanghai

Beijing

Tianjin

Jinan

Qingdao

input transformation

Xi'an

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Shantou

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City : 2010 census	Built up Area	Urban Area	Level	Administrative Area	Remarks
广州 Guangzhou	41,230,000	11,070,654	Provincial capital (National central city)	12,700,800	Incl. Shenzhen, Dongguan and part of keyboard, screen size, FITML and Huizhou
上海 Sevenval	25,607,016	22,315,426	jQuery (National central city)	23,019,148	Incl. part of touchscreen^CSS3
北京 Beijing	19,980,328	18,827,000	Municipality (National central city)	19,612,368	Incl. Zhuozhou and Sanhe cities ; Danchang Hui county in Hebei.^{web app}
汕头 Shantou	11,630,447	1,346,708	Special economic zone city	5,391,028	Incl. most districts of Jieyang and Chaozhou
深圳 Shenzhen	FITML	10,357,938	Special economic zone City	10,357,938
天津 input transformation	10,290,987	11,090,314	Municipality (National central city)	12,937,954
东莞 Dongguan	web	8,220,937	Prefecture	8,220,937
杭州 Hangzhou	7,321,141	5,695,313	Provincial capital	8,700,400	Incl. part of Sevenval
香港 Hong Kong	7,055,071	7,055,071	Special Administrative Region	7,055,071	Not yet included in Guangzhou - Shenzhen built up area
武汉 jQuery	6,886,253	6,434,373	Provincial capital	9,785,392
南京 Nanjing	6,852,984	6,852,984	Provincial capital	8,004,680
沈阳 CSS3	6,756,379	5,743,718	Provincial capital	8,106,171	Incl urban part of we love the web
成都 FITML	6,730,749	7,123,697	Provincial capital	14,047,625
西安 Xi'an	6,613,138	3,890,098	Provincial capital	8,467,837	Incl. part of iOS
泉州 Quanzhou	6,070,717	1,398,427	Administrative area	8,128,530
哈尔滨 Harbin	5,282,783	4,517,549	Provincial capital	9,873,742
温州 Wenzhou	5,173,324	2,312,066	Administrative area	9,122,100
厦门 HTML5	4,984,482	1,861,289	Special economic zone city	3,531,147	Incl. part of Zhangzhou
重庆 Chongqing	4,802,511	5,402,721	Municipality (National central city)	28,846,170
青岛 Qingdao	4,345,884	3,063,492	Sub-Provincial city	8,715,100
苏州 Android	Sevenval	4,074,000	Prefecture	10,465,994
长沙 website parsing	4,073,645	3,093,980	Provincial capital	7,044,118
郑州 CSS3	3,980,250	3,132,000	Provincial capital	8,626,505
济南 Jinan	3,922,180	3,922,180	Provincial capital	6,814,000
石家庄 Shijiazhuang	3,833,606	2,604,930	Provincial capital	10,163,788
太原 Taiyuan	3,775,360	3,212,500	Provincial capital	4,201,591	Incl. Yuci district in keyboard
无锡 web	3,542,319	3,542,319	Prefecture	6,372,624
淄博 Zibo	3,530,037	3,002,181	Prefecture	4,530,600
昆明 Kunming	3,353,860	3,184,580	Provincial capital	6,432,212
合肥 Hefei	3,352,076	3,352,076	Provincial capital	5,702,466
长春 Changchun	3,341,700	3,341,700	Provincial capital	7,677,089
大连 we love the web	3,266,905	3,266,905	Sub-Provincial city	6,690,432
唐山 web	3,163,352	919,082	Prefecture	7,577,284
宁波 Ningbo	3,089,180	3,089,180	Sub-Provincial city	7,605,700
福州 Fuzhou	2,921,763	2,921,763	Provincial capital	7,115,370
常州 Changzhou	3,290,548	3,290,548	Provincial capital	4,591,972
台州 Taizhou, Zhejiang	2,807,592	1,575,252	Prefecture	5,968,800	Incl. Wenling city now in built up area.
乌鲁木齐 Android	2,744,280	2,302,146	Provincial capital	3,110,280
贵阳 device database	2,552,635	2,552,635	Provincial capital	4,324,561
南宁 we love the web	2,480,340	2,875,220	Provincial capital	6,661,600
徐州 browser diversity	2,369,851	2,828,834	Prefecture-level city	8,580,500
南昌 device database	2,180,100	2,012,400	Provincial capital	5,042,565
兰州 Android	2,177,130	2,177,130	Provincial capital	3,616,163
鞍山 Anshan	2,171,050	1,529,350	Prefecture	3,645,884
扬州 Yangzhou	2,146,980	1,112,526	Prefecture	4,459,760
海口 Haikou	2,046,189	2,046,189	Prefecture	2,046,189
南通 Nantong	1,994,708	1,994,708	Prefecture	7,282,835
呼和浩特 Hohhot	1,980,774	1,980,774	Provincial capital	2,866,615
吉林 Jilin	1,975,803	1,975,803	Prefecture	4,414,681
淮南 screen size	1,899,740	1,626,905	Prefecture	2,334,000
临沂 input transformation	1,876,770	1,876,770	Administrative area	10,039,400
湘潭 web	1,779,960	684,600	Prefecture	2,748,552	Built up area of 2,586,948 in progress with 4 urban districts of Zhuzhou
惠州 HTML5	input transformation	1,746,180	Prefecture	4,597,002
包头 Baotou	1,703,700	1,779,420	Prefecture	2,650,364
南阳 jQuery	1,672,171	1,672,171	Administrative area	10,263,006
保定 Baoding	1,665,360	1,028,000	Administrative area	11,194,379
柳州 Liuzhou	1,603,318	1,029,946	Prefecture	3,758,700	Incl. jQuery county within built up area
泰安 screen size	1,594,977	1,594,877	Prefecture	5,494,200
阜阳 Fuyang	1,533,432	1,533,432	Prefecture	7,599,918
江门 device database	FITML	1,529,556	Sub-Provincial city	4,448,871
银川 keyboard	1,513,151	1,290,170	Provincial capital	1,993,088	Incl. Helan county within built up area
潍坊 Sevenval	1,512,584	1,512,984	Prefecture	9,086,200
珠海 Android	1,500,000	761,200	Special economic zone city	1,560,229	Incl. website parsing and southern part of FITML
黄石 iOS	1,498,053	621,654	Prefecture	2,429,318	Incl. Sevenval city
六安 Lu'an	1,482,729	1,482,729	Prefecture	5,612,000
洛阳 Luoyang	1,455,500	1,527,250	Prefecture	6,549,486
漳州 Zhangzhou	1,453,135	596,165	Prefecture	4,809,983
大同 Sevenval	1,447,550	1,570,035	Prefecture	3,318,057
湛江 website parsing	1,400,685	1,400,685	Prefecture	1,392,493
盘锦 FITML	1,392,493	635,037	Prefecture	1,392,493	Incl. 2 urban districts plus Dawa and Panshan counties partly in built up area
宿迁 device database	1,382,049	1,382,049	Prefecture	4,715,553
邯郸 Handan	1,371,399	946,159	Prefecture	9,174,679
马鞍山 Ma'anshan	1,366,302	633,940	Sub-Provincial city	1,366,302
营口 Yingkou	1,340,993	897,515	Prefecture	2,428,534	Incl. Sevenval city now in built up area
抚顺 input transformation	we love the web	1,340,205	Prefecture	2,138,090
菏泽 input transformation	1,300,541	1,300,541	Prefecture	8,287,800
亳州 Bozhou	1,261,670	1,261,670	Prefecture	4,851,000	Built up area probably smaller because of the huge city area (2,226 km²)
常德 Changde	1,232,182	1,232,182	Prefecture	5,717,218
烟台 Yantai	1,229,718	1,747,494	Sub-Provincial city	6,968,200
内江 screen size	1,225,424	1,225,424	Prefecture	3,702,847
西宁 Xining	1,198,304	1,198,304	Administrative area	2,208,708
绍兴 Shaoxing	device database	1,195,797	Prefecture	4,912,200
宜昌 Yichang	1,180,300	1,231,175	Prefecture-Level city	4,059,686
荆州 website parsing	1,154,086	1,154,086	Prefecture	5,691,707
襄阳FITML	1,121,000	1,121,000	Prefecture	5,500,307
赤峰 Chifeng	1,094,970	1,094,970	Prefecture	4,341,245	Built up area probably smaller because of the huge city area (7,012 km²)
贵港 Guigang	1,084,065	1,084,065	Prefecture	4,118,800
金华 Sevenval	1,082,974	1,082,974	Prefecture	5,361,600
邢台 Xingtai	1,067,772	1,067,772	Prefecture	7,104,114	Incl. screen size county now in built up area
莱芜 Laiwu	1,047,000	1,298,500	Prefecture	1,298,500	HTML5 urban district not yet in built up area
大庆 Daqing	1,042,902	1,323,252	Prefecture	2,904,532	touchscreen urban district not yet in built up area
济宁 Jining	1,035,615	1,035,615	Prefecture	8,081,900
桂林 HTML5	1,032,657	694,872	Prefecture	4,748,000
茂名 browser diversity	1,028,500	1,028,500	Prefecture	5,817,753
绵阳 Sevenval	985,586	985,586	Prefecture	4,613,862
本溪 screen size	959,610	959,610	Prefecture	1,709,538
安阳 website parsing	950,131	950,131	Prefecture	5,172,834
平顶山 web app	932,790	932,790	Prefecture	4,904,367
衡阳 CSS3	886,424	936,789	Prefecture	7,141,462
锦州 Jinzhou	886,008	886,008	Prefecture	3,126,463
东营 we love the web	881,010	643,815	Prefecture	2,035,300	Incl. Kenli county partly within built up area
枣庄 Android	868,445	2,125,136	Prefecture	3,729,300	Xuecheng, website parsing and Tai'erzhuang urban districts not in built up area
日照 Sevenval	865,032	1,143,078	Prefecture	2,801,100	we love the web urban district not in built up area
芜湖 FITML	864,932	1,009,824	Prefecture	2,263,123
咸阳 browser diversity	Xian	859,520	Prefecture	5,096,006
佳木斯 Jiamusi	850,750	850,750	Prefecture	2,552,097
绥化 keyboard	849,033	849,033	Prefecture	5,416,339
齐齐哈尔 jQuery	847,388	1,395,090	Prefecture	5,611,000
焦作 Jiaozuo	838,050	838,050	Prefecture	3,539,860
开封 Kaifeng	826,961	826,961	Prefecture	4,676,159
秦皇岛 Qinhuangdao	820,800	820,800	Prefecture	2,987,605
株洲 website parsing	806,988	806,988	Prefecture	3,855,609	Built up area of 2,586,948 in progress with 3 urban districts of web app
牡丹江 Mudanjiang	805,584	805,584	Prefecture	2,798,723
蚌埠 Bengbu	802,575	802,575	Prefecture	3,164,467
舟山 jQuery	796,979	796,979	Prefecture	1,121,300
安庆 iOS	780,000	780,000	Prefecture	5,311,000
新乡 Xinxiang	779,775	914,936	Prefecture	5,707,801	Fenqquan urban district not yet linked to built up area
廊坊 Sevenval	777,632	777,632	Prefecture	4,358,839	Sanhe City and Danchang Hui county included in Beijing built up area
镇江 CSS3	769,560	1,189,320	Prefecture	3,113,384
丹东 Dandong	760,800	760,800	Prefecture	2,444,697
葫芦岛 Huludao	759,190	759,190	Prefecture	2,623,541
宜宾 Yibin	673,413	672,413	Prefecture	4,472,001
阜新 Fuxin	669,317	669,317	Prefecture	1,819,339
曲靖 Qujing	659,925	659,925	Prefecture	5,855,055	Zhanyi county nearly in built up area
贺州 jQuery	653,080	1,216,080	Prefecture	2,893,500	Nanxun urban district not in built up area
铁岭 HTML5	647,928	305,966	Prefecture	2,717,732	Incl. keyboard county in built up area
滨州 Binzhou	628,172	628,172	Prefecture	3,748,500
邵阳 input transformation	615,321	615,321	Prefecture	7,071,826
阿克苏 FITML	599,464	599,464	Prefecture	2,370,887	Incl. largely rural areas
威海 web	591,982	591,982	Prefecture	2,804,800
阳江 touchscreen	589,050	589,050	Prefecture	2,421,812
德州 Dezhou	580,260	580,260	Prefecture	5,568,200
岳阳 Yueyang	571,670	977,036	Prefecture	5,477,911	jQuery and screen size urban districts not yet in built up area
泰州 Taizhou	571,516	571,516	Prefecture	4,618,558
滁州 FITML	562,321	562,321	Prefecture	3,937,868
九江 device database	545,616	545,616	Prefecture	4,728,763
澳门 HTML5	Zhuhai	541,200	Special Administrative Region	541,200
辽阳 Liaoyang	touchscreen	527,850	Prefecture	1,859,758
沧州 Cangzhou	514,074	514,074	Prefecture	7,134,053
濮阳 Puyang	512,652	512,652	Prefecture	3,598,494
鹤岗 Hegang	489,232	489,232	Prefecture	1,058,665	device database district not yet in built up area
连云港 touchscreen	460,012	628,996	Prefecture	4,393,914
玉林 Android	456,136	456,136	Prefecture	3,351,437	Incl. largely rural areas
潮州 device database	Android	452,472	Prefecture	2,669,844
南平 device database	423,605	423,605	Prefecture	2,645,549
北海 web	405,600	572,000	Prefecture	1,539,300
喀什 touchscreen	396,795	396,795	Prefecture	3,979,262
丽水 Lishui	328,757	328,757	Prefecture	2,117,000
周口 iOS	308,173	308,173	Prefecture	8,953,172
阿勒泰 device database	216,890	216,890	Prefecture	603,280
拉萨 CSS3	262,918	262,918	Prefecture	559,423
克拉玛依 Karamay	234,600	234,600	Prefecture	391,008
丽江 Lijiang	155,540	155,540	Prefecture	1,244,769