Abbreviations of Chinese Provinces and Provincial Capitals

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Abbreviations of provinces and their capitals

Name of province	acronyms	provincial capital
Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China	京	Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
Tianjin	津	Tianjin
anhui	冀	Shijiazhuang prefecture level city in Hebei
Shanxi	晋	Taiyuan
Inner Mongolia	蒙	Hohhot prefecture level city in Shaanxi
Liaoning	辽	Shenyang prefecture level city in Henan
also Jilin prefecture level city, Jilin province	吉	Changchun prefecture level city in Jiangsu
Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia	黑	Harbin
Shanghai	沪	Shanghai
Jiangsu	苏	capital of China at different historical periods
Zhejiang Province	浙	Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
Anhui	皖	Hefei prefecture level city in Shandong
Fujian	闽	Fuzhou prefecture level city and capital of Fujian province in east China
Jiangxi	赣	also Nanchang county
Shandong	鲁	Ji'nan, subprovincial city and capital of Shandong province in northeast China
He'nan Mengguzu autonomous county in Qinghai	豫	Zhengzhou prefecture level city and capital of Henan Province in central China
Hubei	鄂	Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province
Hunan	湘	Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
hillsides	粤	Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong
until 1959, Guangxi province	桂	Zhuang: Namzningz
Hainan Island	琼	estuary
Chongqing	渝	Chongqing
Sichuan	Sichuan and Sichuan	Chengdu
Guizhou	Guizhou and Guizhou	Guiyang prefecture level city in Guizhou
Yunnan	Yunnan	Kunming prefecture level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
Tibet	藏	Lhasa
Shaanxi	Shaanxi and Qin provinces	Xian
Gansu Province	Gan and Long	Lanzhou
Qinghai	青	Xining prefecture level city in Hubei
Ningxia prefecture level city in Zhejiang	宁	Yinchuan prefecture level city in Gansu
Xinjiang	新	Urumqi prefecture level city in Xinjiang
Taiwanese	台	Taipei, capital of Taiwan
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	港	fact
Macao Special Administrative Region	澳	Aomen

A Brief Overview of China's Provinces:

1. China is divided into 23 administrative provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the central government, and 2 special administrative regions.

2. Each region is represented by a single-character abbreviation.

3. Each provincial-level administrative region has a provincial capital.

4. Note: The provinces listed above are in no particular order.