661 cities. This is according to the 2006 Yearbook from the National Bureau of Statistics (based on 2005 data).
According to the China Daily, of those:
"...171 are mega cities with more than 1 million people, 279 are big cities with half to 1 million people, and 210 are small and medium cities with populations between 200 thousand and half a million people. Already, Chinese cities account for 70 per cent of the nation's GDP and 80 per cent of contributions to the national coffers."
Further more, the article goes on to say that by 2010:
"China expects to build over 300 new cities - bringing the total number of cities in China with populations over 200,000 residents to 1,000. The country will have close to 200 cities with a population of 1 million residents or more in 2010, with a combined urban population of over 600 million - about 45 per cent of the total population. By 2050, the United Nations estimates that 7 out of 10 Chinese will live in cities."
Bear in mind that these are just the ones that are accorded the status of cities, as defined by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It doesn't count the hundreds if not thousands of large towns, villages, and municipalities that are ALMOST cities, and that might be called cities if they were just in a less populous country.
2007-08-04 10:44:08
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answered by snoopy l 3
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"city"and "district / municipality" are many times interchanged via the chinese language while answering one in all those question. As in many metro factors of the U.S., the interior of sight people decide to snatch the main important variety they might to answer the question so they many times supply the "extra beneficial Houston section" inhabitants for Houston because of the fact they actually think of of each and every of the interior of sight suburbs as an factor of the city. China supplies particular popularity and particular government officers to manage 4 municipalities that are Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin. the main populous municipality is Chongqing at 30.9 million however the "municipality" is eighty % rural and the certainly inhabitants of Chongqing city is approximately 4.8 million making it China's 5th best city. Shanghai is the main important city in China at approximately 11 million interior the 2005 census. modern-day estimate is approximately 15 million and incredibly much halted now via the government that needs to cut back the skyrocketing genuine sources marketplace and value of infrastructure enlargement in Shanghai. 2nd is Beijing at approximately 8 million. third is Hong Kong at approximately 6.8 million. Fourth is Tianjin at approximately 5 million. via the way, China, the worldwide's maximum populated u . s . a ., isn't the worldwide's best u . s . a .. it is fourth after Russia, Canada and the U.S.
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answered by klohs 4
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millions, because china are the third biggest country in this world
2007-08-04 04:18:47
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answered by Anonymous
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How many grains of sand on a beach?
2007-08-07 05:18:47
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answered by lihanmu 3
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12,552
2007-08-04 04:25:33
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answered by Texas Cowboy 7
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