list of Chinese cities

According to the administrative divisions of China including Hong Kong and Macau, there are three level of cities, namely provincial-level (consists of municipalities and SARs), prefectural-level cities, and county-level cities. As of January 2016 the PRC has a total of 660 cities: 4 municipalities, 2 SARs, 291 prefectural-level cities (including the 15 sub-provincial cities) and 363 county-level cities (including the 10 sub-prefectural cities and 9 XXPC cities) not including any cities in the claimed province of Taiwan.