province of china
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May 28, 2022
Provincial Administrative Regions (simplified Chinese: 省级行政区; county) Traditional Chinese: 省級行政區; Pinyin: Shěng-jí xíngzhèng qū), or First Level Administrative Region (Simplified Chinese: 一级行政区; ) Traditional Chinese: 一級行政區; Pinyin: yī-jí xíngzhèng qū) is the highest-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China, with a total of 34 territories classified into 23 provinces (Chinese: 省; ). Pinyin: shěng), 4 direct administrative cities, 5 autonomous regions, and 2 special administrative regions. The political status of Taiwan and a small part of Fujian Province remains disputed. which is under the rule of the Republic of China All provinces in mainland China All provinces (including Hainan) will have a Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 省委; ). Pinyin: shěngwěi), led by the secretary-general (Chinese: 书记; Pinyin: shūjì), in which the party committee secretary has more power to administer the province than the provincial governor (Chinese: 省长/直辖市长/自治区长; ) Pinyin: shěng zhǎng/ zhí xiá shì zhǎng/ zì zhì qū zhǎng)