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Pizhou
Pizhou (邳州, Pizhou City) is a county-level city under Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, population about 1.5 million. Known as the 'town of ginkgo and garlic': a top Chinese garlic producer (about 830,000 tonnes in 2025) and ginkgo processing center, formerly Xiapi.
Pu'er City
Pu'er (普洱市), formerly Simao City, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Yunnan, China, renamed in 2007 for its tea. Largest Yunnan prefecture, 45,385 km², borders Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar; home of Pu'er tea and China's top coffee region.
Puning
Puning (普宁) is a county-level city in eastern Guangdong, China, administered under Jieyang. Founded as a county in 1563, it is a major textile and garment hub.
Putian
Putian (莆田市) is a prefecture-level city in central coastal Fujian, China; birthplace of Mazu, a National Historical and Cultural City, and a footwear and arts-and-crafts manufacturing hub with 3.18 million residents.
Qianjiang, Hubei
Qianjiang (潜江), Hubei, a province-directly-administered city on the Jianghan Plain: home of the Jianghan Oilfield, birthplace of China's rice-crayfish co-culture and the 'Hometown of Chinese Crawfish', and hometown of playwright Cao Yu; 2025 GDP 101.45 billion yuan.
Qibao
Qibao (七宝) is a historic canal town in Minhang District, Shanghai, named for its Seven Treasures temple, liberated May 15, 1949, and now a metro-accessible food and folk-culture destination.
Qingdao (青岛市)
Qingdao (青岛市), a major port city on Shandong's coast with 10.44 million people, 2025 GDP of 1,756 billion yuan, China's fourth-largest coastal port by cargo, and a German-leased colonial past (1898–1914).
Qingyang, Gansu
Qingyang (庆阳市) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu on the Loess Plateau, at the Gansu-Shaanxi-Ningxia junction; an oil, coal, and agriculture center and a national "East Data, West Computing" hub with about 2.13 million residents.
Qingyuan, Guangdong
Qingyuan (清远市) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong, China, created in 1988 from Qingyuan County; Guangdong's largest prefecture-level city by area (19,000 km2), with about 3.99 million residents and a 2024 GDP of 225.3 billion yuan.
Qingzhou
Qingzhou (青州) is a county-level city in Weifang, Shandong, China, named for one of the ancient Nine Provinces; a former Shandong capital and Ming prefecture, known for the 1996 Longxing Temple Buddhist statue hoard.
Qionghai
Qionghai (琼海市), a county-level city on Hainan's east coast at the Wanquan River mouth, is the permanent site of the Boao Forum for Asia, with 1,710 km² of land, 515,700 residents, and a large overseas diaspora.
Qiqihar (齐齐哈尔)
Qiqihar, also known as Tsitsihar, is a prefecture-level city on the Nen River in northwestern Heilongjiang, China, known for freight wagon manufacturing and the nearby Zhalong wetland.
Qitaihe
Qitaihe (七台河市) is a prefecture-level coal city in eastern Heilongjiang, China; a designated resource-exhausted city and major coking coal base, also famed as a short track speed skating champion training hub.
Quanzhou (泉州)
Quanzhou (泉州), historically Zayton, a Fujian port city that was China's largest eastern port in the Song and Yuan dynasties; inscribed by UNESCO in 2021 as a 22-site World Heritage property, Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China.
Qujing
Qujing (曲靖市) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Yunnan, China, at the Pearl River source on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Second-largest economy in Yunnan, historic 'Gateway to Yunnan' transport hub, sub-central city since 2022.
Quzhou (衢州市)
Quzhou (衢州市) is a prefecture-level city in western Zhejiang, China, on the upper Qiantang River bordering Fujian, Jiangxi, and Anhui. Known as the Home of Southern Confucianism, it hosts one of China's two Confucius family temples, the Longyou Grottos, and Lanke Mountain.
Rugao
Rugao (如皋, Rúgāo), county-level city in Nantong, Jiangsu, on the north bank of the Yangtze; county founded 411 CE, reestablished 952, city since 1991; 1,573.96 km², 48 km riverfront, 2025 GDP about 170 billion yuan.
Sanhe, Hebei
Sanhe (三河市) is a county-level city of Langfang, Hebei, east of Beijing; with Dachang and Xianghe it forms the North Three Counties. Its Yanjiao township sends about 200,000 daily commuters to Beijing.
Sanming
Sanming (三明) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian, China, formed in 1956-1960 around a heavy industry base. Known for 77.12% forest cover, the nationally promoted Sanming healthcare reform model, Hakka heritage, Shaxian snacks, and Taining Danxia geopark; 2025 GRP 251.2 billion yuan.
Sanya (三亚)
Sanya (三亚), also known as Sanya City, is a prefecture-level city on the southern tip of Hainan Island, China, known for its beaches and called the "Oriental Hawaii."
Shanghai (上海)
Shanghai (上海), also abbreviated Hu (沪) or Shen (申), is a Chinese municipality at the Yangtze estuary: 6,340.5 km², 16 districts, about 24.85 million residents in 2025, China's largest economic center and a former treaty port.
Shangluo
Shangluo (商洛市, Shangzhou) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shaanxi, China, in the southern Qinling Mountains bordering Henan and Hubei; named for Mount Shang and the Luo River, it has one district and six counties, about 2.5 million people, and a nature- and wellness-oriented economy.
Shangrao
Shangrao (上饶) is a prefecture-level city in northeast Jiangxi, China, bordering Zhejiang, Fujian, and Anhui; 22,791 km², 6.49 million residents (2020), GDP 393.6 billion yuan (2025), home to UNESCO Mount Sanqingshan and Wuyuan.
Shangyu
Shangyu (上虞区) is a district of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China, south of the Qiantang River, about 1,402 km² with roughly 0.8 million people; an early origin of celadon, home of the Butterfly Lovers heroine, with a 2025 GDP of 146.36 billion yuan.
Shantou (汕头)
Shantou (汕头, Swatow) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong, China, a treaty port opened in 1860 and one of China's original special economic zones, with 5.58 million residents and a 2025 GDP of 302.4 billion yuan.
Shanwei
Shanwei (汕尾), a prefecture-level city on Guangdong's southeastern coast founded in 1988 from Haifeng and Lufeng counties; 455 km coastline, 881 islands, 2025 GDP 154.63 billion yuan, birthplace of China's first county-level soviet.
Shaoguan (韶关)
Shaoguan (韶关) is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong, China, at the confluence of the Zhenjiang, Wujiang, and Beijiang rivers, known for the Danxiashan UNESCO Global Geopark.
Shaoxing
Shaoxing (绍兴), a prefecture-level canal city in Zhejiang, China, ancient Yue capital founded 490 BC, home of yellow rice wine and writer Lu Xun, population 5.44 million (2025).
Shaoyang
Shaoyang (邵阳), historically known as Baoqing (宝庆), is a prefecture-level city in Hunan Province, China, on the upper Zi River with over 2,500 years of urban history.
Shenyang (沈阳)
Shenyang (沈阳), historically Mukden and Fengtian, is the capital of Liaoning Province, northeast China. It is a massive industrial center with 9.276 million residents as of 2025.