This useful resource identifies some key China districts and provides details of their important roads and transport infrastructure.
With China having some of the world's biggest cities it can be important to know in which city district an office, hotel, factory, road or train station is located.
Some China districts have populations the size of whole nations. For example, more people live in Shanghai's Pudong district than live in the Republic of Ireland!
What are China Districts?
Similar to how New York is divided into the 5 boroughs Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, Chinese cities are divided into districts.
In Mainland China a "district" is a subdivision of a city, and generally speaking the larger a city is, the more districts it will have.
Each district within a city operates with a degree of autonomy and this means businesses in different districts can be subject to different regulations.
All kinds of cities in China, including Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, are subdivided into districts, including the 4 municipalities, each of the provincial capitals and many more.
The most populous China district is Pudong, in Shanghai with over 5 million residents.
These self-governing cities do not belong to any province, giving them the flexibility to implement change faster.
Beijing Districts
16 districts
Most populous: Chaoyang District
Most densely populated: Xicheng District
Map of Beijing Districts
Beijing District
Beijing Main Roads
Beijing Stations / Airports
Changping (昌平区)
Liangshuihe Road (凉水河路) Chaoqian Road (超前路)
Chaoyang (朝阳区)
Huguang Middle Street (湖光中街) Tangli Road (汤立路) Guangshun South Street (广顺南大街) Guanghua Road (光华路) Yaojiayuan Road (姚家园路) Dongdaqiao Road (东大桥路) Sanlitun West 6th Street (三里屯西六街) East 3rd Ring North Road (东三环北路) Chaowai Street (朝外大街)
Beijing Capital Airport* Beijing East Railway Station
Daxing (大兴区)
Beixing Road (北兴路) Haixin North Road (海鑫北路)
Dongcheng (东城区)
Jianguomen Inner Street (建国门内大街) Dongzhimen Outer Street (东直门外大街) Chaoyangmen South Street (朝阳门南大街) Chang'an Street (长安街) Gulou Outer Street (鼓楼外大街) Andingmen Inner Street (安定门内大街)
Beijing Railway Station
Fangshan (房山区)
Changyang Road (长阳路) Yuehua Street (月华大街)
Fengtai (丰台区)
South 4th Ring West Road (南四环西路) Changxing Road (长兴路) Zhouzhuang Road (周庄路)
Beijing Nanyuan Airport Beijing South Railway Station Beijing West Railway Station
Haidian (海淀区)
Zhongguancun Street (中关村大街) Xingshikou Road (杏石口路) Deshengmen West Street (德胜门西大街) Yuquan Road (玉泉路)
Huairou (怀柔区)
Yangyan Road (杨雁路) Leyuan Street (乐园大街)
Mentougou (门头沟区)
Shidan Road (石担路) Xinqiao Street (新桥大街)
Miyun (密云区)
Mixi Road (密西路) Gulou South Street (鼓楼南大街)
Pinggu (平谷区)
Xinggu Road (兴谷路) Pinggu Street (平谷大街)
Shijingshan (石景山区)
Fushi Road (阜石路) Bajiao West Street (八角西街)
Shunyi (顺义区)
Tongshun Road (通顺路) Fuqian Street (府前街)
Beijing Capital Airport*
Tongzhou (通州区)
Yongle Street (永乐街) Yudaihe West Street (玉带河西街)
Xicheng (西城区)
Fuchengmen North Street (阜成门北大街) Ping'anli West Street (平安里西大街) Deshengmen Inner Street (德胜门内大街) Fuwai Street (阜外大街) Yuetan South Street (月坛南街)
Beijing North Railway Station
Yanqing (延庆区)
Dongwai Street (东外大街) Guichuan Road (妫川路)
*Beijing Capital Airport straddles both Chaoyang and Shunyi districts
Chongqing Districts
26 districts in Chongqing Municipality
9 of which are in Central Chongqing
Most populous: Wanzhou District (Municipality-wide), Yubei District (Central Chongqing)
Most densely populated: Yuzhong District
Map of Central Chongqing Districts
Chongqing is by far the largest of China's 4 municipalities and includes a land area over 5x greater than the next biggest, Beijing.
Indeed there are two actual Chinese provinces which are smaller than Chongqing - Hainan and Ningxia.
Many of Chongqing's districts are located far from Chongqing city and are quite rural in nature, so for this reason we have concentrated our efforts on detailing the 9 districts located in central Chongqing.
Districts in China's Sub-Provincial Municipalities
Aside from the 4 municipalities, there are a further 15 sub-provincial municipalities which, whilst belonging to a province, are still given a high degree of autonomy with regards to managing their economy and with law.
