Provinces of China
Provinces (Chinese: 省; pinyin: Shěng) are the most numerous type of province-level divisions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). There are currently 22 provinces administered by the PRC and one province that is claimed, but not administered, which is Taiwan, currently administered by the Republic of China (ROC).
| Provinces 省 Shěng | |
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location | People's Republic of China |
| Number | 22 (1 claimed) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 省 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 省 | ||||||||
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| Tibetan | ཞིང་ཆེན། | ||||||||
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| Zhuang | Swngj | ||||||||
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| Mongolian script | ᠮᠤᠵᠢ | ||||||||
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| Uyghur | ئۆلكە | ||||||||
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| Manchu script | ᡤᠣᠯᠣ | ||||||||
| Romanization | golo | ||||||||
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History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
The local governments of Chinese provinces consists of a Provincial People's Government headed by a governor that acts as the executive, a Provincial People's Congress with legislative powers, and a parallel provincial branch of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that elects a Party Secretary and a Provincial Standing Committee.
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