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Aksu City
Aksu City (阿克苏市), seat of Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang, China: a Silk Road oasis town between the Tien Shan and Taklamakan, 18,184 sq km, Turkic name meaning 'white water', cotton and fruit oasis economy.
Anda, Heilongjiang
Anda (安达市) is a county-level city under Suihua, Heilongjiang, on the Songnen Plain near Daqing; 3,586 km², 13 towns and 1 township, 2025 GDP 20.01 billion yuan, known for dairy farming and sheepgrass grassland.
Ankang, Shaanxi
Ankang (安康市) is a prefecture-level city in southern Shaanxi, China, between the Qinling and Daba mountains on the upper Han River; about 23,500 km², 3.05 million people, core water source for the South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route, site of a major 2011 relocation program.
Anqing
Anqing (安庆), also called Yicheng, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Anhui, China, on the north bank of the lower Yangtze and Anhui's capital from 1760 to 1938.
Anqiu
Anqiu (安丘市) is a county-level city under Weifang, Shandong, China; formerly Quqiu, county since 148 BC, city since 1994; about 2,025 km², ginger and vegetable farming, 2024 GDP 51.7 billion yuan.
Anshun
Anshun (安顺) is a prefecture-level city in central Guizhou, China, approved in 2000, with 2.69 million people, 39 percent ethnic minorities, and the Huangguoshu Waterfall, a 77.8 m karst waterfall on China's UNESCO Tentative List.
Anyang
Anyang (安阳) in Henan, China, is an Eight Great Ancient Capital and the site of the Shang capital Yin Xu, while Anyang (安養) is a satellite of Seoul.
Artux
Artux (阿图什市, Artush, Atushi) is a county-level city in Xinjiang and seat of Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture; an arid oasis known as the home of figs and Munage grapes.
Baicheng, Jilin
Baicheng (白城) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Jilin, China, at the junction of Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Inner Mongolia. Population about 2.03 million, area 25,758.73 km², known for the Xianghai and Momoge wetlands and cranes.
Baishan
Baishan is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jilin province, China, on the western side of the Changbai Mountains, bordering North Korea across the Yalu River.
Baoding, Hebei
Baoding (保定市), a prefecture-level city in central Hebei, China, named in 1275 for 'protecting the capital'; 22,000 km², about 11.4 million residents, National Historical and Cultural City near Beijing, with Xiong'an New Area within its territory.
Baoji (city)
Baoji (宝鸡) is a prefecture-level city in western Shaanxi, China, at the western end of the Guanzhong Plain, known for its Zhou bronzes and titanium industry.
Baoshan, Yunnan
Baoshan (保山), formerly Yongchang, is a prefecture-level city in western Yunnan, China, bordering Myanmar (167.78 km). Ancient Southern Silk Road hub, 19,637 km², 2.374 million people (2025), GDP 134.7 billion yuan, Gaoligong Mountain biodiversity, Tengchong volcanoes and hot springs.
Baotou
Baotou (包头, from Mongolian Baoketu, 'place with deer', 'Deer City') is a prefecture-level city in western Inner Mongolia bordering Mongolia, a steel, rare-earth and aluminum industrial hub known as the 'Steel City on the Grassland'.
Basuo
Basuo (八所镇) is a town on Hainan's west coast and the seat of Dongfang city, China; population about 168,000, home to deep-water Basuo Port, named for a Ming garrison post.
Bazhong
Bazhong (巴中), a prefecture-level city in northeastern Sichuan, China, at the southern foot of Micang Mountain; capital of the 1930s Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base, home to the Guangwushan-Nuoshuihe UNESCO Global Geopark, 2.61 million people, and 12,300 square kilometers.
Beihai, Guangxi
Beihai (北海市) is a prefecture-level city on the northern Beibu Gulf in Guangxi, China. A former 1876 treaty port and 1984 open coastal city, it had 1.90 million residents and 197.4 billion yuan GDP in 2025, with port, shipbuilding, and beach tourism centered on Silver Beach and Weizhou Island.
Beijing
Beijing (北京市) is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of its four province-level municipalities, home to about 21.8 million people in 2024.
Beiliu
Beiliu (北流市) is a county-level city of Yulin, Guangxi, named for the north-flowing Gui River. A 1994 city with 1.2 million people, it leads Guangxi county economies with a 52.194 billion yuan GDP (2025) and ceramics, toy, lychee, and passion fruit industries.
Beipiao
Beipiao (北票市) is a county-level city under Chaoyang, Liaoning, on the Daling River; a former coal-mining center with major gold and iron deposits and the Sihetun Jehol Biota fossil site of Sinosauropteryx and Confuciusornis.
Bengbu (蚌埠)
Bengbu (蚌埠) is a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui, China, on the middle Huai River, nicknamed the Pearl on the Huaihe River. Known for the Neolithic Shuangdun site, its 1912 railway hub origins, and Huai River flood and pollution challenges.
Benxi
Benxi (本溪) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Liaoning, China, named after Benxi Lake. An old steel-industrial base (Bengang, merged with Ansteel 2021), it is also the 'Maple Leaf Capital' with 76.31% forest coverage and 10.812 billion tonnes of iron ore reserves.
Bijie
Bijie (毕节市) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou at the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou junction; Guizhou's most populous city (6.61 million, 2025), a 1988 poverty-alleviation and ecological pilot zone with 2025 GDP of 254.1 billion yuan.
Binzhou
Binzhou (滨州) is a prefecture-level city in northern Shandong, China, on the southwestern bank of Bohai Bay, formerly known as Putai and the hometown of Sun Tzu.
Bole, Xinjiang
Bole (博乐市, Bortala) is the county-level city seat of Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang, bordering Kazakhstan (69 km). Known for Sayram Lake, a 1992 border economic cooperation zone, and a 2025 GDP of 26.635 billion yuan.
Bozhou, Anhui
Bozhou (亳州市) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Anhui, China, established in 2000 with Qiaocheng District and Guoyang, Mengcheng, and Lixin counties; known as the World Capital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, hometown of Hua Tuo and Cao Cao, GDP 262.1 billion yuan in 2025.
Cangzhou
Cangzhou (沧州), a prefecture-level coastal city in southeastern Hebei on the Bohai Sea, founded as a Northern Wei prefecture in 517; known for the 953 iron lion, Wuqiao acrobatics, a 216 km Grand Canal stretch, and 7.23 million residents.
Changchun (长春)
Changchun (长春), capital of Jilin province and one of China's 15 sub-provincial cities, is an automobile and film city with GDP of 674.46 billion yuan in 2022, 7.54–9.06 million residents, and a temperate continental climate.
Changde
Changde (常德) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hunan, China, on the Yuan and Li rivers; founded as Zhang Ruo's city around 277 BC, named Changde in 1117, with 5.107 million residents and Taohuayuan as its leading scenic area.
Changji
Changji (昌吉市) is a county-level city in Xinjiang, seat of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, 35 km west of Urumqi. Area 8,215 km², population about 600,000; county founded 1773, city status 1983; name from Turkic 'Yangji' meaning 'new'.