Cities with over a million residents are listed by province (or equivalent), with an asterisk indicating capitals:
| Ānhuī | Héféi*, Wúhú, Bèngbù, Huáinán, Mǎ'ānshān, Huáiběi, Tóngliáng, Ānqìng, Huángshān, Chúzhōu, Fùyáng, Sùzhōu, Lù'ān, Bózhōu, Chízhōu, Xuānchéng |
| Běijīng* | |
| Chóngqìng* | |
| Gānsù | Lánzhōu,* Jiāyùguān, Jīnchāng, Báiyán, Tiānshuǐ, Wǔwēi, Zhāngyè, Píngliāng, Jiǔquán, Qìngyáng, Dìngxī, Lǒngnán |
| Guìzhōu | Guìyáng,* Liùpánshuǐ (including Pánzhōu), Zūnyì, Ānshùn, Bìjíe, Tóngrén |
| Héběi | Shíjiāzhuāng,* Tángshān, Qínhuángdǎo, Hándān, Xíngtái, Bǎodìng (including Dìngzhōu), Zhāngjiākǒu, Chéngdé, Cāngzhōu, Lángfáng, Héngshuǐ |
| Hēilóngjiāng | Hā'ěrbǐn,* Qíqíhā'ěr, Jīxī, Hègǎng, Shuāngyāshān, Dàqìng, Yīchūn, Jiāmùsī, Qītáihé, Mǔdānjiāng, Hēihé, Suīhuà |
| Hénán | Zhèngzhōu,* Kāifēng, Luòyáng, Píngdǐngshān, Ānyáng, Hèbì, Xīnxiāng, Jiāozuò, Púyáng, Xǔchāng (including Yǔzhōu), Luòhé, Sānménxiá, Nányáng (including Dèngzhōu), Shāngqiū (including Yǒngchéng), Xìnyáng, Zhōukǒu (including Xiàngchéng), Zhùmǎdiàn |
| Húběi | Wǔhàn*, Huángshuí, Shíyàn, Yíchāng, Xiāngyáng (including Zǎoyáng), Èzhōu, Jīngmén (including Zhōngxiáng), Xiàogǎn (including Hànchuān), Jīngzhōu, Huánggāng, Xiánníng, Suízhōu, Xiāntáo, Tiānmén |
| Nèi Měnggǔ | Hūhéhàotè,* Bāotóu, Chìfēng, Tōngliáo, È'ěrduōsī, Hūlúnbèi'ěr, Bāyànnào'ěr, Wūlánchábù |
| Jiāngsū | Nánjīng,* Wúxī (including Jiāngyīn and Yíxīng), Xúzhōu (including Pīzhōu), Chángzhōu, Sūzhōu (including Chángshú, Zhāngjiāgǎng and Kūnshān), Nántōng (including Rúgāo), Liányúngǎng, Huái'ān, Yánchéng, Yángzhōu, Zhènjiāng, Tàizhōu (including Tàixīng and Xīnghuà), Sùqiān |
| Jílín | Chángchūn* (including Yúshù), Jílín, Sìpíng (including Gōngzhǔlǐng), Liáoyuán, Tōnghuà, Báishān, Sōngyuán, Báichéng |
| Liáoníng | Shěnyáng,* Dàlián (including Wǎfángdiàn), Ānshān (including Hǎichéng), Fǔshùn, Běnxī, Dāndōng, Jǐnzhōu, Yíngkōu, Fùxīn, Liáoyáng, Pánjǐn, Tiělǐng, Cháoyáng, Húlúdǎo |
| Níngxià | Yínchuān,* Wúzhōng, Gùyuán, Zhōngwèi |
| Qīnghǎi | Xīníng,* Hǎidōng |
| Shǎnxī | Xī'ān ,* Bǎojī, Xiányáng, Wèinán, Yán'ān, Hànzhōng, Yúlín, Ānkāng, Shāngluò |
| Shāndōng | Jǐnán,* Qīngdǎo (including Píngdù), Zībó, Zǎozhuāng (including Téngzhōu), Dōngyíng, Yāntái, Wéifāng (including Shòuguāng), Jǐníng (including Zōuchéng),Tài'ān (including Xīntài), Wēihǎi, Rìzhào, Láiwú, Línyí, Dézhōu, Liáochéng, Bīnzhōu, Hézé |
| Shānxī | Tàiyuán,* Dàtóng, Yángquán, Chángzhì, Jìnchéng, Shuòzhōu, Jìnzhōng, Yùnchéng, Xīpnzhōu, Línfén, Lǚlíang |
| Sìchuān | Chéngdū* (including Jiǎnyáng), Zìgòng, Pānzīhuā, Lúzhōu, Déyáng, Miányáng, Guǎngyuán, Sùiníng, Nèijiāng, Lèshān, Nánchōng, Méishān, Yíbīn, Guǎng'ān, Dázhōu, Yǎ'ān, Bāzhōng, Zīyáng |
| Tiānjīn* | |
| 新疆 (Xīnjiāng)--eastern | 乌鲁木齐 (Wūlǔmùqí)* |
| Yúnnán | Kūnmíng,* Qǔjìng (including Xuānwēi), Yùxī, Bǎoshān, Zhāotōng, Lìjiāng, Pǔ'ěr, Líncāng |