Cities and towns of China

Jiaozhou

Jiaozhou (胶州市) is a county-level city of Qingdao, Shandong, on Jiaozhou Bay; established 1987 from Jiao County, about 1.05 million people, a national development zone, and a rail-port hub.

Jiaozuo (焦作) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Henan, between the Taihang Mountains and the Yellow River; former coal city turned tourism and logistics hub, birthplace of Taijiquan, population about 3.47 million.

Jiaxing

Jiaxing (嘉兴) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang, China, in the Yangtze River Delta between Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, all under 100 km away.

Jiexiu

Jiexiu (介休市) is a county-level city in central Shanxi province, China, administered by Jinzhong. Its name comes from Jie Zitui, who withdrew to Mount Mian there in 636 BC.

Jieyang

Jieyang (揭阳) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China, approved in 1991, administering Rongcheng, Jiedong, Jiexi, Huilai, and Puning; a 2,200-year-old Chaoshan cultural center and major overseas-Chinese hometown.

Jilin City (吉林市)

Jilin City (吉林市), second-largest city of Jilin province and China's only city sharing its province's name, on the Songhua River; known for rime ice, ski resorts, petrochemicals, and carbon fiber industry.

Jinan (济南)

Jinan (济南), capital of Shandong province and a sub-provincial city, is China's "Spring City," with 1,209 natural springs including 72 famous ones. Key facts: 9.44 million residents (2023), 2025 GDP of 1,421 billion yuan, Mount Tai to the south, Yellow River to the north.

Jinchang

Jinchang (金昌市), a prefecture-level city in Gansu's Hexi Corridor founded in 1981, is China's 'nickel capital', built on the Jinchuan copper-nickel deposit and Jinchuan Group, with 670.24亿元 GDP in 2025.

Jincheng, Shanxi

Jincheng (晋城), historically Zezhou, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shanxi on the Henan border, established 1985; 2.15 million people, 9,490 km², 72 national heritage sites, and a coal, coalbed methane, and steel economy.

Jingdezhen

Jingdezhen (景德镇), Jiangxi, China's "Porcelain Capital," produced imperial and blue-and-white porcelain for over 1,000 years; its handicraft porcelain industry sites joined the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2026.

Jingling

Jingling (竟陵, later 景陵) is the ancient name of Tianmen, a city in central Hubei on the Jianghan Plain. A Qin county renamed twice under imperial naming taboos and finally to Tianmen in 1726, it was the home of tea sage Lu Yu and the Ming Jingling literary school.

Jingmen

Jingmen (荆门) is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei, China, first named in 634 and now a petrochemical and industrial hub on the Jianghan Plain.

Jingzhou (荆州市)

Jingzhou (荆州市) is a prefecture-level city on the Yangtze in southern Hubei, China, heir to the ancient Three Kingdoms province of the same name. Distinguished by its preserved ancient city wall, the Jingjiang Reach flood defenses, and a 2023 GDP of RMB 300.86 billion.

Jinhua, Zhejiang

Jinhua (金华), formerly Wuzhou, a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang, China; home of Yiwu's world-largest small-commodities market, Hengdian studios, 2025 GDP 731.35 billion yuan, and 1.05 trillion yuan foreign trade.

Jining, Shandong

Jining (济宁) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong, China, called the hometown of Confucius and Mencius and the Canal Capital; it has 8.19 million people, a 612.8-billion-yuan 2025 GDP, and China's first 100-million-ton northern inland port.

Jinjiang, Fujian

Jinjiang (晋江市), county-level city under Quanzhou, Fujian, on the Taiwan Strait; founded 718, city 1992. Top Fujian county economy 32 years, footwear-apparel hub, qiaoxiang with 3 million overseas, 5.3 nautical miles from Kinmen.

Jinshanlu

Jinshanlu (金山路) is the GeoNames name for Altay City (阿勒泰市), a county-level city and Altay Prefecture seat in far northern Xinjiang, China; about 190,064 residents (2010), 886 m elevation, cold dry continental climate.

Jinzhong

Jinzhong (晋中市) is a prefecture-level city in central Shanxi, China, seat at Yuci, bordering Taiyuan. Area 16,391 km²; 2025 population 3.29 million; GDP 246.26 billion yuan; home of Pingyao Ancient City and Jin merchant culture.

Jinzhou, Liaoning (chinchow)

Jinzhou (锦州, historically romanized Chinchow), a prefecture-level city in western Liaoning, China; founded in the Liao dynasty, named for the Xiao Ling River; 10,081 km², 2.668 million people, regional central city and Liaoshen Campaign site.

Jiujiang (九江)

Jiujiang (九江), historically known as Kiukiang, is a prefecture-level city in northern Jiangxi, China, on the Yangtze River near Poyang Lake, with over 2,200 years of recorded history.

Jiutai

Jiutai (九台区) is a district of Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province in northeastern China, named for the ninth beacon platform on the seventeenth-century Willow Palisade.

Jixi

Jixi (鸡西) is a prefecture-level coal city in southeastern Heilongjiang, China, bordering Russia; one of the province's four coal cities and China's 'Graphite Capital', with 1.61 million residents and a graphite-based transition economy.

Jiyuan

Jiyuan (济源市), a province-administered city in northwestern Henan, China, named for the source of the Ji River; county founded 596 AD, city status 1988, provincial administration 1997, about 720,000 people.

Kaifeng (开封)

Kaifeng (开封), historically Bianliang, is a city in eastern Henan, China, near the Yellow River, and was the capital of the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127).

Kaili

Kaili (凯里; Hmu: Kad Linx) is a county-level city in eastern Guizhou and the seat of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, established as a city in 1983-84, about 160 km from Guiyang, known for Miao festivals, sour soup, and silverwork.

Kaiyuan, Yunnan

Kaiyuan (开远) is a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan, China, which grew from a Yunnan–Vietnam Railway town into a coal-and-energy industrial center.

Karamay

Karamay (克拉玛依), Uyghur for "black oil", is a prefecture-level oil city in northern Xinjiang on the Junggar Basin's northwest edge; founded 1958 around China's first large post-1949 oilfield, with four districts and about 493,000 residents.

Korla

Korla (库尔勒), the 'Pear City', is a Han-majority city in Xinjiang, China, capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture and administrative center of Tarim Basin oil and gas exploitation, on the ancient middle Silk Road.

Kunming

Kunming (昆明), capital of Yunnan province on Dianchi Lake, formerly Yunnanfu; a national historical and cultural city and transport hub to South and Southeast Asia, known for mild climate, clean air, and Dianchi Lake water-pollution challenges.