| Region. | Total number of City | 2Million and over population | 1 to 2Million population | 0.5-1Million population | 0.2-0.5Million population | Below 0.2Million population |
| National | 666 | 11 | 23 | 44 | 195 | 393 |
| Beijing | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tianjin | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hebei | 34 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 23 | |
| Shanxi | 22 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | |
| Inner Mongolia | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |
| Liaoning | 31 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| Jilin | 28 | 2 | 11 | 15 | ||
| Heilongjiang | 31 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
| Shanghai | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jiangsu | 44 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 22 |
| Zhejiang | 35 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 28 | |
| Anhui | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Fujian | 23 | 1 | 5 | 17 | ||
| Jiangxi | 21 | 1 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Shandong | 48 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | |
| Henan | 38 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | |
| Hubei | 35 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | |
| Hunan | 29 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | |
| Guangdong | 54 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 25 | |
| Guangxi | 18 | 2 | 4 | 32 | ||
| Hainan | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Sichuan | 37 | 2 | 14 | 21 | ||
| Guizhou | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Yunnan | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Tibet | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Shaanxi | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Gansu | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Qinghai | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Ningxia | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Xinjiang | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | ||
Last Updated on 10/16/98
By China Data Center