Provinces of China

Provinces

Shěng
CategoryUnitary state
Location People's Republic of China
Number22 (1 claimed)
Government
Subdivisions
Provinces
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShěng
Tibetan name
Tibetanཞིང་ཆེན།
Transcriptions
Wyliezhing chen
Tibetan PinyinXingqên
Zhuang name
ZhuangSwngj
Korean name
Hangul
Transcriptions
Revised Romanizationseong
McCune–Reischauersŏng
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillicмуж
Mongolian scriptᠮᠤᠵᠢ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCmuǰi
Uyghur name
Uyghurئۆلكە
Transcriptions
Latin Yëziqiölke
Yengi Yeziⱪɵlkə
SASM/GNCölkä
Siril Yëziqiөлкә
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡤᠣᠯᠣ
Möllendorffgolo
Kazakh name
Kazakhولكە
өлке
ölke
Kyrgyz name
Kyrgyzۅلكۅ
өлкө
ölkö

Provinces (Chinese: ; 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).

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.