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China Cities by Population

300 cities shown of 1150 total China cities that are over 1,000 in population...

1. Shanghai 14,608,512
2. Zhumadian 8,263,100
3. Beijing 7,480,601
4. Nanchong 7,150,000
5. Tai'an 5,499,000
6. Yueyang 5,000,000
7. Kaifeng 4,800,000
8. Wuhan 4,184,206
9. Chongqing 3,967,028
10. Chengdu 3,950,437
11. Tianjin 3,766,207
12. Puyang 3,590,000
13. Shenyang 3,512,192
14. Shiyan 3,460,000
15. Harbin 3,229,883
16. Xi'an 3,225,812
17. Lanzhou 3,200,000
18. Guangzhou 3,152,825
19. Nanjing 3,087,010
20. Shenzhen 3,000,000
21. Taiyuan 2,722,475
22. Yunfu 2,612,800
23. Changchun 2,537,421
24. Zhongshan 2,493,400
25. Changsha 2,073,938
26. Jinan 2,069,266
27. Dalian 2,035,307
28. Zhengzhou 2,014,125
29. Shijiazhuang 1,992,474
30. Jilin 1,881,977
31. Hangzhou 1,878,129
32. Nanchang 1,871,351
33. Qingdao 1,642,245
34. Tangshan 1,596,949
35. Xinyang 1,590,668
36. Urunchi 1,508,225
37. Fushun 1,400,646
38. Luoyang 1,390,581
39. Hefei 1,388,904
40. Liuyang 1,380,000
41. Handan 1,358,318
42. Suzhou 1,343,091
43. Shantou 1,333,973
44. Baotou 1,301,768
45. Anshan 1,199,275
46. Tongshan 1,199,193
47. Fuzhou 1,179,720
48. Guiyang 1,171,633
49. Dayan 1,137,600
50. Wuxi 1,108,647
51. Datong 1,052,678
52. Changshu City 1,047,700
53. Xianyang 1,034,081
54. Huainan 1,027,655
55. Kunming 1,023,674
56. Jieyang 1,001,985
57. Zhu Cheng City 1,000,000
58. Baoding 995,652
59. Benxi 987,717
60. Changzhou 949,018
61. Huaibei 903,039
62. Pingdingshan 889,675
63. Qiqihar 882,364
64. Wenzhou 865,672
65. Nanning 803,788
66. Anyang 781,129
67. Hohhot 774,477
68. Shangyu 770,000
69. Xining 767,531
70. Qinhuangdao 759,718
71. Hengyang 759,602
72. Xinxiang 743,601
73. Hegang 743,307
74. Langfang 720,119
75. Ningbo 719,867
76. Yantai 719,332
77. Zhuzhou 709,358
78. Changzhi 699,514
79. Zhangjiakou 692,602
80. Zigong 689,961
81. Fuxin 689,050
82. Huangshi 688,090
83. Liaoyang 687,890
84. Xiangtan 674,189
85. Zibo 669,770
86. Puyang 666,322
87. Nantong 666,251
88. Mudanjiang 665,915
89. Guilin 649,352
90. Zhanjiang 637,790
91. Zhenjiang 632,552
92. Dandong 631,973
93. Shaoguan 628,749
94. Yancheng 628,441
95. Foshan 627,348
96. Panshan 625,040
97. Haikou 615,835
98. Taizhou 612,356
99. Xingtai 611,739
100. Jinzhou 604,269

101. Shuangyashan 600,000
102. Luancheng 597,130
103. Yingkou 591,159
104. Zhangzhou 589,831
105. Xiamen 578,337
106. Bengbu 576,648
107. Shihezi 572,772
108. Siping 555,609
109. Huaiyin 555,230
110. Jiamusi 549,549
111. Neijiang 546,854
112. Yangzhou 539,715
113. Guli 536,000
114. Tanggu 535,298
115. Jiangmen 532,419
116. Cangzhou 527,681
117. Changde 517,780
118. Jiaozuo 517,540
119. Wuhu 507,524
120. Zhuhai 501,199
121. Shashi 498,780
122. Yichang 476,725
123. Yinchuan 475,101
124. Jiaojiang 470,804
125. Zunyi 466,292
126. Jiaxing 466,101
127. Liaoyuan 465,249
128. Xiangfan 462,956
129. Dadukou 461,513
130. Hengshui 456,356
131. Jining 450,327
132. Chengde 449,325
133. Xuchang 449,258
134. Luqiao 427,890
135. Chaozhou 424,787
136. Shaoxing 421,283
137. Luohe 417,356
138. Yangquan 413,394
139. Chaoyang 410,005
140. Shiyan 408,055
141. Jixi 403,759
142. Yangjiang 399,735
143. Weifang 394,732
144. Xinpu 392,444
145. Dongguan 390,219
146. Dezhou 379,555
147. Zhoukou 377,061
148. Putian 376,558
149. Xuanhua 373,422
150. Pingxiang 372,123
151. Fenghuang 370,000
152. Zhaoqing 361,969
153. Anqing 358,661
154. Anshun 351,936
155. Chifeng 346,654
156. Qitaihe 345,033
157. Shiqi 342,306
158. Aksu 340,020
159. Tieling 333,907
160. Jincheng 332,650
161. Yanji 326,957
162. Suizhou 323,945
163. Shangrao 318,769
164. Baicheng 316,970
165. Lianshan 313,247
166. Wusong 312,588
167. Jingdezhen 310,565
168. Dongying 306,450
169. Yangshuo 300,000
170. Beihai 289,568
171. Huizhou 289,201
172. Chuzhou 280,582
173. Kashi 274,717
174. Linyi 270,669
175. Yingcheng 265,886
176. Wuzhou 265,846
177. Hulan Ergi 265,344
178. Mianyang 264,136
179. Tongliao 261,110
180. Aral 260,000
181. Jiujiang 258,807
182. Jining 258,757
183. Turpan 254,900
184. Heze 254,602
185. Laohekou 253,112
186. Suihua 252,245
187. Nanyang 251,532
188. Wafangdian 250,591
189. Rizhao 246,387
190. Ji'an 245,000
191. Hebi 244,662
192. Yibin 242,111
193. Xiantao 239,406
194. Yuci 235,929
195. Linfen 232,566
196. Liaocheng 226,930
197. Ranghulu 226,298
198. Huanggang 225,956
199. Jingling 224,871
200. Tongchuan 223,603

201. Xintai 222,459
202. Wuxue 220,661
203. Wuhai 218,427
204. Jinzhou 215,386
205. Guangyuan 213,365
206. Hailar 211,066
207. Daliang 210,411
208. Sanming 209,444
209. Hangu 208,369
210. Suzhou 205,130
211. Gaoping 204,368
212. Daqing 203,488
213. Yiyang 202,608
214. Linxia 202,402
215. Yuncheng 201,950
216. dong hai dao 200,000
217. Changji 198,776
218. Kaiyuan 198,423
219. Mentougou 197,772
220. Xinhui 195,129
221. Ezhou 193,652
222. Humen 191,891
223. Haicheng 191,651
224. Zoucheng 190,537
225. Wanxian 188,980
226. Donghai 188,602
227. Baiyin 188,533
228. Zaoyang 184,509
229. Quanzhou 184,143
230. Baishan 183,880
231. Zaozhuang 183,665
232. Anda 181,271
233. Shangqiu 181,218
234. Xianning 179,494
235. Korla 179,465
236. Yuanlin 179,079
237. Chenzhou 179,038
238. Jingzhou 177,878
239. Yizheng 176,006
240. Xindi 175,761
241. Jiutai 175,115
242. Bozhou 174,140
243. Licheng 172,775
244. Weinan 172,321
245. Nanping 171,674
246. Dongling 171,454
247. Fuyang 170,023
248. Laiyang 169,594
249. Jingmen 167,750
250. Fuling 166,507
251. Gaozhou 166,069
252. Ulan Hot 165,846
253. Shanwei 165,699
254. Jiaozhou 165,026
255. Hengshan 164,844
256. Tongzhou 163,326
257. Anbu 162,964
258. Xiaogan 160,437
259. Zhicheng 159,383
260. Huzhou 158,320
261. Nanpiao 157,044
262. Yichun 155,762
263. Lianghu 155,000
264. Beipiao 154,999
265. Guangshui 154,771
266. Leshan 154,477
267. Zhaodong 154,406
268. Xinzhou 154,003
269. Sanshui 153,714
270. Boshan 153,596
271. Yangchun 153,547
272. Linhai 152,937
273. Dingzhou 152,934
274. Weihai 152,595
275. Chenghua 152,453
276. Deyang 152,194
277. Yichun 152,169
278. Longfeng 152,074
279. Qingyuan 151,287
280. Gaomi 150,793
281. Loudi 150,684
282. Huangyan 150,448
283. Dunhua 148,844
284. Yulin 148,485
285. Chizhou 148,375
286. Sujiatun 148,113
287. Honggang 147,977
288. Qujing 146,015
289. Hanzhong 145,986
290. Xinji 145,911
291. Taicheng 145,440
292. Sanya 144,753
293. Acheng 144,665
294. Jinchang 144,363
295. Meizhou 144,212
296. Jinhua 142,206
297. Jieshou 141,993
298. Gongzhuling 140,909
299. Altay 139,341
300. Huadian 139,047

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China History

The PRC is considered to be a major power and an emerging superpower, holding a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and memberships in the WTO, APEC, East Asia Summit, and Shanghai Cooperation Organization. China is a nuclear state and has the world's largest standing army and fourth largest defense budget. China is one of the world's fastest growing economies in terms of nominal GDP growth, and is the fastest-growing major economy. It has the world's fourth largest GDP in nominal terms or second largest in purchasing power, and consumes as much as a third of the world's steel and over half of its concrete. The PRC is also the world's second largest exporter and the third largest importer. Since the introduction of market-based economic reforms in 1978, the poverty rate in the PRC has decreased from 53% in 1981 to 8% in 2001. However, the PRC is now faced with a number of other economic problems including a rapidly aging population, a widening rural-urban income gap, and environmental degradation.

Major combat in the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949 with the Communist Party of China in control of the mainland, and the Kuomintang retreating to Taiwan. On 1 October 1949 Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China. Red China was a frequent appellation for the PRC used from the time of Communist ascendance until the mid-late 1970s with the improvement of relations between China and the West.

Following a series of dramatic economic failures caused by the Great Leap Forward, Mao stepped down from his position as chairman in 1959, with Liu Shaoqi as successor. Mao still had much influence over the Party, but was removed from day-to-day management of economic affairs, which came under the control of Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping.

In 1966, Mao and his allies launched the Cultural Revolution, which would last until Mao's death a decade later. The Cultural Revolution, motivated by power struggles within the Party and a fear of the Soviet Union, led to a major upheaval in Chinese society. In 1972, at the peak of the Sino-Soviet split, Mao and Zhou Enlai met Richard Nixon in Beijing to establish relations with the United States. In the same year, the PRC was admitted to the United Nations, replacing the Republic of China for China's membership of the United Nations, and permanent membership of the Security Council.

After Mao's death in 1976 and the arrest of the Gang of Four, blamed for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping quickly wrested power from Mao's anointed successor Hua Guofeng. Although Deng never became the head of the Party or State himself, his influence within the Party led the country to economic reforms of significant magnitude. The Communist Party subsequently loosened governmental control over citizens' personal lives and the communes were disbanded with many peasants receiving multiple land leases, which greatly increased incentives and agricultural production. This turn of events marked China's transition from a planned economy to a mixed economy with an increasingly open market environment, a system termed by some market socialism"". The PRC adopted its current constitution on 4 December 1982."