China
China: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
country · Asia · page prepared 2026-11-07
Known for Mandarin & Cantonese (Hong Kong) languages, opened up its borders to the world in 1978
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China at a glance
Rolled up from the 37 regions inside China on this site.
Largest places in China
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Shanghai, China30,050,000
- 2.Beijing, China21,800,000
- 3.Chengdu, Sichuan, China20,937,757
- 4.Tianjin, China13,866,009
- 5.Wuhan, China13,861,900
- 6.Xi'an, Shaanxi, China13,240,000
- 7.Nanjing, China9,423,400
- 8.Jinan, China9,200,000
- 9.Handan, Hebei, China9,174,683
- 10.Shenyang, China9,070,093
- 11.Changchun, Jilin, China9,066,906
- 12.Harbin, China5,841,929
- 13.Hohhot (Inner Mongolia), China3,446,100
- 14.Haikou (Hainan Island)2,046,189
- 15.Tonghua, China1,812,114
Inside China
36 regions have China as their parent.
- Baishan, China
- Beijing, China
- Changchun, Jilin, China
- Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Chongqing, China
- Dalian
- Fuzhou, China
- Guangzhou, China
- Guilin, China
- Haikou (Hainan Island)
- Hainan Province, China
- Handan, Hebei, China
- Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Harbin, China
- Hohhot (Inner Mongolia), China
- Hong Kong zone
- Jinan, China
- Jingdezhen, China
- Jixi, China
- Kunming, China
- Lijiang, China
- Macau (Macao), China region
- Mudanjiang, China
- Nanjing, China
- Nanning, China
- Ningbo, China
- Qingdao, China
- Qinghai, China
- Sanya, China
- Shanghai, China
- Shenyang, China
- Tianjin, China
- Tonghua, China
- Wuhan, China
- Wuhu, Anhui, China
- Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Companies based in China
662 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here (the first 80 shown), and 1,098 across China and the places inside it — search them all below.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of China are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.