Central China

Central China (Chinese: 华中; pinyin: Huázhōng) is a region in China. It mainly includes the provinces of Henan, Hubei and Hunan. Jiangxi is sometimes also regarded to be part of this region. Central China is now officially part of the South Central China region.

In the context of the Rise of Central China Plan by the State Council of the People's Republic of China in 2004, surrounding provinces including Shanxi, Anhui, are also defined as regions of Central China development zones.^[1]^: 217

Since 2004, these provinces have experienced a steady increase in domestic investment, particularly from coastal regions.^[1]^: 218

As part of the Xi Jinping administration's goal to urbanize 250 million citizens by 2025 as the first phase of a long-term green modernization plan, China seeks to resettle formerly rural people in provincial capitals, prefectural cities, and county-level towns in central China (as well as western China).^[2]^: 8

Administrative divisions

GB^[3]	ISO №^[4]	Province	Chinese Name	Capital	Population	Density ^{[clarification needed]}	Area ^{[clarification needed]}	Abbreviation/Symbol
Yù	41	Henan Province	河南省 Hénán Shěng	Zhengzhou	94,023,567	563.01	167,000	HA	豫
È	42	Hubei Province	湖北省 Húběi Shěng	Wuhan	57,237,740	307.89	185,900	HB	鄂
Xiāng	43	Hunan Province	湖南省 Húnán Shěng	Changsha	65,683,722	312.77	210,000	HN	湘

Cities with urban area over one million in population

Provincial capitals in bold.

#	City	Urban area^[5]	District area^[5]	City proper^[5]	Prov.	Census date
1	Wuhan	7,541,527	9,785,388	9,785,388	HB	2010-11-01
2	Zhengzhou	3,677,032	4,253,913	8,627,089	HA	2010-11-01
3	Changsha	2,963,218	3,092,213	7,040,952	HN	2010-11-01
4	Luoyang	1,584,463	1,926,079	6,549,941	HA	2010-11-01
5	Xiangfan^{[note 1]}	1,433,057	2,199,690	5,500,307	HB	2010-11-01
6	Hengyang	1,115,645	1,133,967	7,148,344	HN	2010-11-01
7	Yichang	1,049,363	1,411,380	4,059,686	HB	2010-11-01

Notes

^ Xiangfan was renamed as Xiangyang on 2 December 2010.

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b Ang, Yuen Yuen (2016). How China Escaped the Poverty Trap. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-0020-0. JSTOR 10.7591/j.ctt1zgwm1j.
^ Rodenbiker, Jesse (2023). Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China. Environments of East Asia. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-6900-9.
^ GB/T 2260 codes for the provinces of China
^ ISO 3166-2:CN (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of China)
^ ^a ^b ^c 国务院人口普查办公室、国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司编 (2012). 中国2010年人口普查分县资料. Beijing: 中国统计出版社 [China Statistics Press]. ISBN 978-7-5037-6659-6.

Sources

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/design/chinastdb_1210.doc

[6] Xiangfan was renamed as Xiangyang on 2 December 2010.

[:26-1] Ang, Yuen Yuen (2016). How China Escaped the Poverty Trap. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-0020-0. JSTOR 10.7591/j.ctt1zgwm1j.

[:03-2] Rodenbiker, Jesse (2023). Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China. Environments of East Asia. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-6900-9.

[3] GB/T 2260 codes for the provinces of China

[4] ISO 3166-2:CN (ISO 3166-2 codes for the provinces of China)

[2010PRCcensus-5] 国务院人口普查办公室、国家统计局人口和社会科技统计司编 (2012). 中国2010年人口普查分县资料. Beijing: 中国统计出版社 [China Statistics Press]. ISBN 978-7-5037-6659-6.

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