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Xilin Hot
Xilin Hot (锡林浩特市, Xilinhot), county-level city and seat of Xilingol League in central Inner Mongolia; about 14,780 km² of typical steppe, 351,500 residents, coal-and-power economy with growing winter tourism.
Xingning
Xingning (兴宁市) is a Hakka county-level city in northeastern Guangdong, administered by Meizhou; established 331 AD, city since 1994, 2104.85 km², 3 subdistricts and 17 towns, 2025 GDP 23.874 billion yuan, Meilong high-speed rail link.
Xingtai
Xingtai (邢台), formerly Xingzhou and Shunde, is a prefecture-level city in southern Hebei, China, with 12,400 km², 6.88 million residents, over 3,500 years of urban history, a 2024 GDP of 276.59 billion yuan, and a major bicycle industry.
Xingyi, Guizhou
Xingyi (兴义市) is a county-level city in southwestern Guizhou and the seat of the Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Founded as a county in 1798 after the Nanlong Uprising, it covers 2,911 km² of karst terrain, with 1.02 million residents and a 2025 GDP of 58.8 billion yuan.
Xining (西宁)
Xining (西宁), capital of Qinghai Province on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau; largest plateau city, 2.476 million residents (2025), GDP 191.48 billion yuan, Huangshui River valley hub and Qinghai–Tibet Railway starting point.
Xinmin, Liaoning
Xinmin (新民市) is the only county-level city of Shenyang, Liaoning, on the Liao River plain. Named after Qing-era Xinmintun, made a prefecture in 1902 and a city in 1993; GDP 34.56 billion yuan in 2025, a major vegetable, sauerkraut, and grain producer.
Xintai
Xintai (新泰市) is a county-level city in Shandong, China, managed by Tai'an; about 1.25 million residents, GDP RMB63.0 billion (2022), a major coal producer with equipment-manufacturing and chemical industries.
Xinxiang (新乡)
Xinxiang (新乡市) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan, China, between the Yellow River and Taihang Mountains; Battle of Muye site, industrial and rail hub, 2025 GDP 368.7 billion yuan.
Xinyang
Xinyang (信阳), prefecture-level city in southern Henan at the Hubei-Henan-Anhui junction; home of Xinyang Maojian tea, core of the Dabie Mountains revolutionary base, and a rail, road, and waterway transport hub.
Xinyi, Guangdong
Xinyi (信宜市), county-level city in Maoming, Guangdong, bordering Guangxi; formerly Xinyi county, seat of Tang-era Douzhou; renamed 976; city since 1995; 3,102 km², GDP 595.03亿元 (2025).
Xinyi, Jiangsu
Xinyi (新沂市) is a county-level city of Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China; area 1,616 km², population about 1.14 million, 13 towns and 5 subdistricts; a Subei transport hub whose GDP passed 100 billion yuan in 2024, home to Yaowan Ancient Town.
Xinzhou, Shanxi
Xinzhou (忻州) is Shanxi's largest prefecture-level city by area, about 25,000 km² in north-central Shanxi, population 2.69 million (2020 census), home to Mount Wutai UNESCO site, Yanmen Pass, and major coal, bauxite, iron, gold, and titanium reserves.
Xuancheng
Xuancheng (宣城市) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui, China, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Known as China's only City of the Four Treasures of the Study, with 12,340 km², about 2.695 million registered residents, and 2025 GDP of 214.86 billion yuan.
Xuchang
Xuchang (许昌市) is a prefecture-level city in central Henan, China; former Wei capital of the Three Kingdoms era. 4,979 km², 4.35 million residents, 2025 GDP 358.3 billion yuan, known for Jun porcelain, Yanling flowers, and Pang Dong Lai retail.
Xuzhou (徐州)
Xuzhou (徐州), anciently Pengcheng, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Jiangsu, China; birthplace of Liu Bang, home of Han tombs, terracotta warriors, and stone reliefs, and a Beijing–Shanghai/Longhai rail hub of 10.42 million people.
Ya'an
Ya'an (雅安市) is a prefecture-level city in western Sichuan, China, between the Sichuan Basin and the Tibetan Plateau. Known for 69.42% forest cover, 340 wild giant pandas, Mengding Mountain tea, and 2025 GDP of 113.16 billion yuan.
Yan’an
Yan'an (延安), prefecture-level city in northern Shaanxi on the Loess Plateau; CCP headquarters 1935–1948 and cradle of the 'Yan'an spirit'; home of the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum, Hukou Waterfall, and about 2.27 million residents (2021).
Yancheng (盐城)
Yancheng (盐城, Salt City), a prefecture-level city on the Yellow Sea coast of Jiangsu, China; largest territory and longest coastline in the province, named for its salt industry, with 2025 GDP of 804.53 billion yuan and UNESCO-listed coastal wetlands.
Yanghang
Yanghang (杨行镇) is a town in central Baoshan District, Shanghai, named after the merchant Yang Hou, who settled there when the Song court moved south in 1127.
Yangjiang
Yangjiang (阳江) is a prefecture-level city on the southwestern coast of Guangdong, China, known as the country's "Capital of Knives and Scissors" and for Hailing Island.
Yangquan
Yangquan (阳泉) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Shanxi, China, the first city created by the CCP (1947) and a major anthracite coal base now transitioning to AI computing and clean energy.
Yangzhou, Jiangsu
Yangzhou (扬州) is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu, China, founded 486 BC at the Yangtze-Grand Canal junction; a Tang-era commercial hub, Huai salt center, and UNESCO canal heritage city.
Yanji
Yanji (延吉市) is the county-level seat of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, eastern Jilin, China, near the North Korean and Russian borders. A Korean-Chinese cultural center and 'little Seoul', it became a wanghong tourism boom city from 2023.
Yantai, Shandong
Yantai (烟台), Shandong, a prefecture-level port city on the Shandong Peninsula; GDP passed 1 trillion yuan in 2023, port ranks 8th among coastal ports, and it leads China in gold, apples, and wine.
Yanzhou
Yanzhou (兖州), a district of Jining, Shandong, China; seat of the historic Yanzhou prefecture at Xiaqiu from 453 to 1913. Rail hub at the Jinghu–Xinshi crossing, major coal base, 2025 GDP 67.6 billion yuan.
Yarkand
Yarkand (Yärkänd; Chinese Shache; river 叶尔羌河): river, oasis, and Silk Road town in southwestern Xinjiang, China. Longest Tarim tributary, glacier-fed, with China's fourth largest irrigation district (440,000 ha).
Yibin
Yibin (宜宾) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Sichuan, China, at the Jinsha–Minjiang confluence where the Yangtze begins. Known as City of Baijiu (Wuliangye) and City of Chinese Power Battery, with 4.6 million residents and a 2024 GDP of 400.6 billion yuan.
Yichun, Jiangxi
Yichun (宜春) is a prefecture-level city in northwest Jiangxi, China, distinct from Yichun in Heilongjiang. It has about 6.1 million people, 18,700 km², Mingyue Mountain (5A), selenium hot springs at Wentang, and Zen Buddhist heritage.
Yinchuan
Yinchuan (银川, Yínchuān), capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, on the upper Yellow River; former Western Xia capital (1038–1227), city formally established 1947, regional capital since 1958; 2.94 million residents, 2025 GDP 303.35 billion yuan.
Yingkou (city)
Yingkou (营口市) is a prefecture-level port city in Liaoning, China, at the Liao River mouth on Liaodong Bay; the first Northeast treaty port (1861), with 2.33 million people, 156 billion yuan GDP, and a 220-million-ton port.