This list ranks cities in
China, including
Hong Kong and
Macau, by
population. The cities are listed by
built-up area adjusted to Local Government Authorities encompassed by built up area (
i.e. Districts, Cities or Counties). A built up area can be made of several cities (
e.g. : Guangzhou - Dongguan - Shenzhen, Shanghai - Suzhou, Shenyang - Fushun, Anshan - Liaoyang etc.). According to the
administrative divisions of China, there are three levels of cities, namely
municipalities ,
prefecture-level cities , and
county-level cities . There are 40 cities in China with a population over one million.