Provinces of China
Provincial-level administrative divisions () or first-level administrative divisions (), are the highest-level Chinese administrative divisions. There are 34 such divisions, classified as 23 provinces (), four municipalities, five autonomous regions, and two Special Administrative Regions. All but Taiwan Province and a small fraction of Fujian Province (currently administered by the Republic of China) are controlled by the People's Republic of China.
Provinces of China
Note that every province (except Hong Kong and Macau, the two special administrative regions) has a Communist Party of China provincial committee (), headed by a secretary (). The committee secretary is effectively in charge of the province, rather than the nominal governor of the provincial government.