^
abcdefHas an elected executive and an elected legislative council.
^
abcHas an appointed district administrator for managing local affairs and carrying out tasks commissioned by superior agency.
^Has an elected village administrator for managing local affairs and carrying out tasks commissioned by superior agency.
^Also known as the Taiwan area or Tai–Min area (
Chinese: 臺閩地區;
lit. 'Taiwan–Fujian area')
^The mainland area consists of Mainland China,
Tibet and (previously)
Outer Mongolia
^Special municipalities, cities, and county-administered cities are all called shi (
Chinese: 市;
lit. 'city')
^Nominal; provincial governments have been abolished
^Constitutionally having the same structure as the free area, these are currently under the
Chinese Communist Party control with a different structure
^Sometimes called cities (
Chinese: 市) or provincial cities (
Chinese: 省轄市) to distinguish them from special municipalities and county-administered cities
^There are two types of townships: rural townships or xīang (
Chinese: 鄉) and urban townships or zhèn (
Chinese: 鎮)
^Villages in rural townships are known as cūn (
Chinese: 村), those in other jurisdictions are known as lǐ (
Chinese: 里)