City group

Cities contained

Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei city group

Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Qinhuangdao, Baoding, Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Cangzhou, and Langfang

City group in the central-southern of Liaoning

Shenyang, Dalian, Anshan, Fushun, Benxi, Dandong, Yingkou, Liaoyang, Panjin, and Tieling

City group of Yangtze River Delta

Shanghai, Nanjing, Changzhou, Suzhou, Nantong, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Zhoushan, and Taizhou

City group of Shandong Peninsula

Jinan, Qingdao, Zibo, Dongying, Yantai, Weifang, Weihai, and Rizhao

City group of Central Henan

Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Pingdingshan, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, Xuchang, Luohe, and Jiyuan

City group in the west coast of the Taiwan Straits

Fuzhou, Xiamen, Putian, Sanming, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Nanping, Ningde, Longyan, Yingtan, Ganzhou, Shangrao, Fuzhou, Wenzhou, Quzhou, Lishui, Shantou, Meizhou, Chaozhou, Jieyang

City group in middle reaches of Yangtze River

Wuhan, Huangshi, Yichang, Xiangfan, Ezhou, Jingmen, Xiaogan, Jingzhou, Huanggang, Xianning, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan,

Hengyang, Yueyang, Changde, Yiyang, Loudi, Nanchang, Jingdezhen, Pingxiang, Jiujiang, Xinyu, Yingtan, Yichun, Shangrao, Ji’an, Fuzhou

City group of the Pearl River Delta

Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, Huizhou, Dongguan and Zhongshan

City group in Sichuan and Chongqing region

Chongqing, Chengdu, Zigong, Luzhou, Deyang, Mianyang, Suining, Ziyang, Meishan, Nanchong, Yibin, Ya’an, Guang’an, Neijiang and Leshan

City group in the central Shaanxi plain

Xi’an, Tongchuan, Baoji, Xianyang, Weinan and Shangluo