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Autonomous regions of China
Autonomous regions of China (自治区): five provincial-level divisions, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Guangxi, Ningxia, and Tibet, governed under the 1984 Regional National Autonomy Law with minority self-government powers, now reshaped by the 2026 ethnic unity law.
East Turkestan
East Turkestan (Eastern Turkestan) is a historical and political name for the region now forming China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, used by Uyghurs and tied to the 1933 and 1944 republics.
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia (内蒙古自治区) is China's first province-level ethnic autonomous region, founded May 1, 1947, with capital Hohhot. Mongols are under 20% of its population; the 2020 language reforms, grassland policies, and its role as China's largest coal and renewable energy base define it.
Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Autonomous Region (Xizang, 西藏), province-level autonomous region of China established 1965, capital Lhasa; covers central Tibetan Plateau, 90% Tibetan (2020 census), governed under regional ethnic autonomy with disputed self-government and documented human rights restrictions.
Xinjiang (新疆)
Xinjiang (新疆), the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is China's far northwestern autonomous region of 1.66 million km² bordering eight countries, with 25.85 million people (2020 census), a three-mountains-two-basins arid geography, and a 2.05 trillion yuan 2024 economy.