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Area
• Total
1 km2 (0.4 sq mi)
Population
• Total
0
• Density
0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
Definition paragraph.
Put simplified characters, traditional characters, pinyin, Wade-Giles, postal pinyin. Please bold postal pinyin.
Neighbouring provinces and countries.
Etymology of name
Abbreviation, and etymology
Nicknames (if any), and etymology
The table is at the top of the page in all articles about provinces.
History
Include:
Worldly events since ancient times
When the province was formed; major changes in boundary/structure etc.
Recent events
Recent list of governors
Recent list of Party secretaries
Geography
Include:
Topography (e.g. high in the west, low in the east...)
Mountains, peaks, highest peak
Rivers and bodies of water; coastline and islands (if any)
Climate
Include map if available
natural resources (coal and natural gas reserves)
Administrative divisions
List the prefecture-level divisions of this province. Give number and type of county-level and township-level divisions. List the county-level divisions in a separate article (see below).
List of county-level divisions
This should be a separate article because the size of this table is huge (except for the municipalities and Hainan).
Overview by sectors. Statistics bureau of each province should provide detailed statistics
Major industries - agriculture first, then mining, then manufacturing
Major outputs
Standard of living compare to other part of country
Major ports, SEZ's, etc.
Stock Exchange (for Shanghai and Guangdong)
Historical and projected GDP growth rates by province
per capita GDP by province
% of largest companies that are SOE's versus private by province
FDI and FAI statistics by province
% imports/exports by province
foreign trade by province
metropolitan zones/deltas (i.e. Yangtze, Pearl River)
banking sector and financial markets (largest banks, total assets, transaction types, investor base, etc.)
CNY trade settlement statistics
Demographics
Include:
Urban population and rural population; permanent population and floating population; and standards of living within each group. Statistics bureau of each province should provide detailed statistics
List major ethnic groups, population and percentage of each
GINI coefficient
health statistics
education statistics
density by province
Culture
Include:
Languages dialects or languages
Cuisine. Major features of the cuisine; a few typical dishes
Local produce, arts and crafts, etc.
Operas and musical forms
Famous people
Use a bulleted list. It would be good to give birth / death year, and a brief one-line description for each. See
Jiangsu.
Stereotypes
Stereotypes form an important part (perhaps the only part) of the impressions Chinese people have about provinces. But these are also dangerously POV. So please phrase these NPOVly. Besides, it is important to use correct and clear adverbial modifiers in the description, so as to keep incorrect or outdated stereotypes from spreading further. For example, the sentence
In the first several years of the 21st century there was a widespread stereotype in China that people from
Henan were liars and cheats...
is much more accurate than
In recent years it has become popular in China to stereotype people from
Henan as liars and cheats...
Transportation
Include:
Railroads
Highways (guodao 国道)
Expressways (gaosugonglu 高速公路)
Major seaports
Major airports
Any subway / lightrail systems?
auto sales and expressway growth
Tourism
Include:
City sites
Historical sites
Natural sites
World Heritage sites
airlines (both international and regional) and passenger related statistics
airports (both international and regional) and flight related statistics
hotel density (current and projected growth) by province
hotel construction statistics
tourism statistics (visitation by province: foreign versus local and regional)