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Harbin (哈尔滨)
Harbin (哈尔滨), capital of Heilongjiang and a sub-provincial city in northeast China, was founded in 1898 as the Chinese Eastern Railway junction, later ruled by Japan, and is now China's 'Ice City', famous for the Harbin Ice-Snow World and 2025 Asian Winter Games.
Hebi (city)
Hebi (鹤壁) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan, China, founded 26 March 1957 as a coal-mining city. It covers 2,182 km², administers 3 districts and 2 counties, had 1.559 million residents in 2024, and posted 2025 GDP of 114.4 billion yuan, Henan's fastest growth.
Hechi
Hechi (河池, Héchí) is a prefecture-level city in northwest Guangxi, China, a karst mountain city of about 3.31 million people known for longevity (Bama), non-ferrous metal mining, Zhuang and Yao culture, and bronze drum heritage.
Hechuan
Hechuan District (合川区), a district of Chongqing on the Sichuan border at the Jialing, Fu, and Qu river confluence; historic Diaoyucheng fortress, transport hub, 2,344 km², about 1.46 million registered residents.
Hefei (合肥)
Hefei (合肥), also historically Luzhou or Luyang, is the capital of Anhui Province, China. A Yangtze River Delta city of over 10 million people known for the state-capital-driven "Hefei model," USTC, and electric vehicle, semiconductor, and quantum industries.
Hegang
Hegang (鹤岗市) is a prefecture-level coal city in northeastern Heilongjiang, China, near the Russian border. A shrinking, resource-exhausted city with 2.6 billion tons of proven coal, 935,000 registered residents in 2023, and China's cheapest housing.
Hengshui
Hengshui (衡水) is a prefecture-level city in southeast Hebei Province, north China, on the North China Plain, known for Hengshui High School's exam-driven "gaokao factory" and Hengshui Lake.
Hengyang
Hengyang (衡阳, Hengzhou, Wild Goose City) is a prefecture-level city in central-south Hunan on the Xiang River, south of Mount Heng; 6.36 million people, 2025 GDP 468.955 billion yuan, site of the 47-day 1944 Battle of Hengyang.
Heshan, Hunan
Heshan District (赫山区) is a district of Yiyang City, Hunan, China, created in 1994 from Yiyang County; 1,278.7 km², about 858,400 residents, GDP 75.8 billion yuan (2025), distinct from Heshan City, Guangdong.
Heyuan
Heyuan is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Guangdong, China, established in 1988 with a population of 3.22 million, known for its hot springs and dinosaur fossils.
Heze
Heze (菏泽市, formerly Caozhou) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong, China, at the Jiangsu-Henan-Anhui junction; known as China's peony capital, with 8.5 million residents and a 2024 GDP of 480.3 billion yuan.
Hezhou
Hezhou (贺州) is a prefecture-level city in northeast Guangxi, China, bordering Guangdong and Hunan; distinct from Ezhou and the Tang-era Hezhou in Anhui. Forest-covered karst city, 2024 GDP 964.42 billion yuan, major flood-control and mining-area restoration projects.
Hohhot (呼和浩特)
Hohhot (呼和浩特), capital of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, formerly Guihua/Guisui, a second-tier city of 3.5 million known for the Yili and Mengniu dairy headquarters, Ming-era Tumote origins, and winter air-pollution challenges.
Hongjiang
Hongjiang (洪江) refers to Hongjiang City and Hongjiang District in Huaihua, Hunan, and the Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town, a preserved Ming-Qing merchant town, once southwest China's leading trading and financial hub.
Hotan (خوتەن)
Hotan (خوتەن, historically Khotan, Chinese Yutian) is an oasis city in southwest Xinjiang, China, on the southern Silk Road at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, famed for jade, silk, and its ancient Iranian-speaking Buddhist kingdom.
Huai'an
Huai'an (淮安) is a prefecture-level city in northern Jiangsu, China, on the lower Huai River and Qinling–Huaihe line. A Grand Canal hub, hometown of Zhou Enlai and Han Xin, with 10,029.57 km² of land and rock salt reserves first in Jiangsu.
Huaibei
Huaibei (淮北) is a prefecture-level city in northern Anhui, China, founded 1960 as a coal city at the Jiangsu-Henan-Anhui junction. Area 2,741 km², GDP 141.9 billion yuan (2025), listed resource-exhausted since 2009 and transitioning beyond coal.
Huaihua
Huaihua (怀化市), also called Hecheng, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan, China; largest in the province at 27,600 km², home to the Huaihua International Land Port, birthplace of hybrid rice, with 2024 GDP of 209.4 billion yuan.
Huainan
Huainan (淮南) is a prefecture-level city on the Huaihe River in central-northern Anhui, China; 5,571 km², over 3 million people, a major coal-mining center with extensive subsidence areas, Huainanzi culture, and 44 A-level tourist attractions.
Huanggang, Guangdong
Huanggang (黄冈镇, Huánggǎng Zhèn) is a town in Raoping County, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China, and the county seat on the lower Huanggang River; not the Hubei city of the same name. Population about 186,000 to 226,000.
Huanggang, Hubei
Huanggang (黄冈) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Hubei, China, in the Wuhan metropolitan area. Historically Huangzhou, home of Li Shizhen and Bi Sheng; 2024 GDP 321.7 billion RMB; permanent population about 6.16 million, second in Hubei after Wuhan.
Huangshi
Huangshi (黄石) is a prefecture-level city in southeast Hubei, China, on the south bank of the Yangtze, bordering Wuhan; population 2,470,700, a former mining and metallurgy center, now a textile and clothing city and Wuhan-metropolitan sub-central city.
Huayin
Huayin (华阴市) is a county-level city of Weinan, Shaanxi, at Mount Hua. Named in 199 BC, county-to-city 1990; 676 km², 4 towns, 2 subdistricts, tourism economy.
Huizhou
Huizhou (惠州) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China, bordering Shenzhen and Dongguan. Known for Daya Bay petrochemicals, TCL electronics, 6.19 million people, and 2,200 years of history.
Huludao
Huludao (葫芦岛), formerly Jinxi, is Liaoning's newest prefecture-level city on Liaodong Bay: 10,400 km², 2.43 million people, 261 km ice-free coastline, petrochemical and swimwear industries, Jiumenkou Great Wall.
Hulunbuir
Hulunbuir (呼伦贝尔), also spelled Hulunbeier, is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China, named after Hulun Lake and Buir Lake and among the largest cities by area in the world.
Huzhou
Huzhou (湖州市), a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang on Lake Tai's south shore, administers Wuxing, Nanxun, Deqing, Changxing, and Anji; 5,820 km², 3.465 million people, 2025 GDP 445.28 billion yuan, ancient silk and brush center.
Jiamusi (佳木斯)
Jiamusi (佳木斯, Jiāmùsī) is Heilongjiang's easternmost prefecture-level city, on the Sanjiang Plain bordering Russia (382 km, 7 Class I ports). 2.159 million people; grain, Russia trade, and rail hub economy.
Jiangyin
Jiangyin (江阴), a county-level city of Wuxi, Jiangsu, on the Yangtze's south bank; 988 km², 1.21 million people, GDP 527.2 billion yuan (2025), 66 listed companies, and the 1,385 m Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge (1999).
Jianshui
Jianshui (建水), formerly Lin'an, a historic county in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, 220 km south of Kunming; Nanzhao-era old town, 1994 National Historic and Cultural City, 1285 Confucius Temple, 1389 Chaoyang Tower, and purple pottery industry.