RankAreaResident PopulationJurisdiction area1 [Sichuan] Chengdu21.474 M14312 km²2 [Guangdong] Guangzhou18.978 M7436 km²3 [Guangdong] Shenzhen17.9895 M1997 km²4 [Hubei] Wuhan13.8091 M8483 km²5 [Shaanxi] Xian13.1676 M10106 km²6 [Henan] Zhengzhou13.086 M7507 km²7 [Jiangsu] Suzhou12.987 M8210 km²8 [Zhejiang] Hangzhou12.624 M16596 km²9 [Hebei] Shijiazhuang11.2466 M14530 km²10 [Shandong] Linyi10.8484 M17192 km²11 [Hunan] Changsha10.6165 M11816 km²12 [Guangdong] Dongguan10.5708 M2512 km²13 [Shandong] Qingdao10.4425 M11293 km²14 [Anhui] Hefei10.002 M11445 km²15 [Zhejiang] Wenzhou9852 K11784 km²16 [Heilongjiang] Harbin9780 K53186 km²17 [Zhejiang] Ningbo9777 K9241 km²18 [Guangdong] Foshan9698.9 K3875 km²19 [Jiangsu] Nanjing9577 K6586 km²20 [Shandong] Jinan9515 K10244 km²21 [Henan] Nanyang9454 K26591 km²22 [Shandong] Weifang9319.9 K16138 km²23 [Liaoning] Shenyang9243 K12980 km²24 [Hebei] Handan9182.1 K12066.18 km²25 [Jilin] Changchun9085.1 K24592 km²26 [Hebei] Baoding9046.2 K22135 km²27 [Jiangsu] Xuzhou9010 K11258 km²28 [Guangxi] Nanning8971.9 K22341 km²29 [Jiangxi] Ganzhou8960.6 K39379 km²30 [Fujian] Quanzhou8914 K11015 km²31 [Yunnan] Kunming8687 K21473 km²32 [Henan] Zhoukou8631 K11968 km²33 [Shandong] Heze8508.2 K12256 km²34 [Fujian] Fuzhou8501 K11968.53 km²35 [Shandong] Jining8187.3 K11191 km²36 [Anhui] Fuyang8041 K10118 km²37 [Jiangsu] Nantong7750 K8001 km²38 [Hebei] Tangshan7722.8 K13829 km²39 [Henan] Shangqiu7628 K10658 km²40 [Liaoning] Dalian7544 K13238 km²41 [Jiangsu] Wuxi7505 K4628 km²42 [Hebei] Cangzhou7227.7 K13488 km²43 [Zhejiang] Jinhua7209 K10919 km²44 [Guangdong] Zhanjiang7120.8 K11692 km²45 [Henan] Luoyang7081 K15492 km²46 [Shandong] Yantai7035.2 K13654 km²47 [Hebei] Xingtai6955.5 K12143 km²48 [Zhejiang] Taizhou6729 K9413 km²49 [Henan] Zhumadian6711 K14974 km²50 [Jiangsu] Yancheng6671 K16972 km²51 [Jiangxi] Nanchang6670.4 K7402 km²52 [Guizhou] Bijie6621.6 K26852 km²53 [Guizhou] Guiyang6602.5 K8035 km²54 [Guizhou] Zunyi6494.5 K30762 km²55 [Hunan] Hengyang6434.3 K15300 km²56 [Jiangxi] Shangrao6350.9 K22791 km²57 [Hunan] Shaoyang6300 K20822 km²58 [Guangdong] Maoming6273.2 K11345 km²59 [Guangdong] Huizhou6116.8 K11159 km²60 [Henan] Xinxiang6113 K8629 km²61 [Henan] Xinyang6002 K18819 km²62 [Guangxi] Yulin5824.1 K12839 km²63 [Shandong] Liaocheng5803.4 K8628 km²64 [Hubei] Huanggang5792.4 K17453 km²65 [Guangdong] Jieyang5682.1 K5269 km²66 [Yunnan] Qujing5634 K29855 km²67 [Zhejiang] Jiaxing5608 K3915 km²68 [Guangdong] Shantou5575.5 K2123 km²69 [Shanxi] Taiyuan5514.668 K6909 km²70 [Sichuan] Nanchong5489 K12514 km²71 [Shandong] Dezhou5482.8 K10361 km²72 [Hebei] Langfang5469 K6420 km²73 [Zhejiang] Shaoxing5429 K8256 km²74 [Henan] Anyang5394 K7355 km²75 [Jiangsu] Changzhou5386 K4373 km²76 [Fujian] Xiamen5350 K1516 km²77 [Sichuan] Dazhou5304.3 K16605 km²78 [Shandong] Taian5291.5 K7762 km²79 [Hubei] Xiangyang5279.7 K19626 km²80 [Anhui] Suzhou5225 K9939 km²81 [Hunan] Changde5168.7 K18176 km²82 [Hubei] Jingzhou5123.5 K14104 km²83 [Fujian] Zhangzhou5076 K12600 km²84 [Hunan] Yongzhou5018.5 K22259 km²85 [Hunan] Yueyang4987.5 K14858 km²86 [Jiangsu] Suqian4980 K8462 km²87 [Guangxi] Guilin4950.7 K27809 km²88 [Sichuan] Mianyang4922 K20257 km²89 [Sichuan] Liangshan4906 K60423 km²90 [Jiangxi] Yichun4898.8 K18707 km²91 [Henan] Pingdingshan4876 K7874 km²92 [Anhui] Bozhou4861 K8522.58 km²93 [Guangdong] Jiangmen4822.6 K9554 km²94 [Yunnan] Zhaotong4804 K23021 km²95 [Shanxi] Yuncheng4705.6 K14183 km²96 [Henan] Kaifeng4698 K6247 km²97 [Shandong] Zibo4636.7 K5964 km²98 [Sichuan] Yibin4611 K13271 km²99 [Jiangsu] Yangzhou4586.8 K6592 km²100 [Shaanxi] Weinan4583.6 K13033 km²