We use cookies.This website uses essential cookies to operate core features. With your consent, we also use analytics cookies to understand traffic and improve the service. For more details, see our .
We use cookies.This website uses essential cookies to operate core features. With your consent, we also use analytics cookies to understand traffic and improve the service. For more details, see our .
Was this tool helpful to use?
Your feedback helps us make it better
Accurately search China's 5-level administrative regions (province, city, district, county, township) to get coordinates, zip codes, and area codes.
Based on public administrative division data from China's National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Civil Affairs. Covers 31 provincial-level divisions, 342 prefecture-level cities, and 2978 districts and counties. The static dataset is searched entirely in your browser.
Overview
Understand what the tool solves, how it works, and the boundaries of its data.
This lookup searches a bundled list of Chinese administrative divisions and displays matching province-level, prefecture-level city, and district or county entries. Each result gives its level, code, Chinese name, and a parent-name path. That path is useful when a short or repeated place name could refer to more than one part of China.
Enter a name in Chinese to match part of a listed name, or enter digits to find codes that begin with those digits. A numeric prefix is only a filter: it does not by itself tell you which level a match represents. Check the level and full path in each row.
China's GB/T 2260-2007 standard is titled Codes for the administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China; the national standards information platform marked it current when checked on September 29, 2026. The National Bureau of Statistics separately explains that statistical division codes are compiled for statistical surveys using administrative codes as a basis. Similar-looking digits do not make the systems interchangeable. Check the national standard record and read the statistical bureau's explanation when you need to confirm which code system a form or dataset requires.
Guide
Follow the workflow and verify inputs and outputs with practical examples.
Use Chinese characters from the place name for a partial-name search. For a code search, enter one or more starting digits. This lookup does not translate English spellings into Chinese records, so a romanized or English name may return no matches.
Review the level, code, Chinese name, and hierarchy shown for every match. For example, a district or county row includes its province and city path. When names repeat, use the full path and code to distinguish them.
Use the copy control on a result to copy that record's code and parent path, separated by a tab. Paste it into a spreadsheet or work note and keep the original name alongside it when auditing a list.
If there are no matches, try the official Chinese name or a shorter Chinese substring. If the result list reaches 200 entries, it may be cut off; add more characters or code digits to narrow the search.
Use cases
See how the tool fits into real work and everyday tasks.
A developer or operations analyst who already has Chinese address text can search a district or county name, compare its parent path, and copy the matched code for a manual data-quality check.
A team preparing a spreadsheet can search a code prefix, inspect the returned levels, and record the exact matched path. Confirm separately whether the receiving system expects an administrative code or a statistical code.
Q&A
Find concise answers to common questions and confusing cases.
Search names using Chinese characters. Name matching checks whether the listed Chinese name contains the text you enter; it does not convert English names or pinyin into Chinese.
A name can be shared by different places, and a short substring can occur in multiple division names. Compare each row's level, code, and complete parent path; use a longer name fragment or code prefix to narrow the list.
No. Its results are limited to province-level, prefecture-level city, and district or county entries. Statistical code systems may include lower-level township and village segments, but those are outside this lookup's displayed records.
The search uses a bundled list and does not show a verifiable release date. A name or code change may not yet appear. Check the current information from the responsible Chinese authority for records that must be up to date.
Notes
Review scope, result limitations, and important precautions before use.
The list is a convenient matching aid, not an authoritative live registry. It does not show its dataset release date or guarantee that recent administrative changes are included. It also does not return postal codes, telephone area codes, coordinates, township records, or village records. Before using a result in a government filing, statistical return, contract, production address database, or other consequential record, verify the required code system and current division name with the relevant Chinese authority. Keep in mind that administrative identifiers and statistical identifiers have different purposes even when their digits look similar.
Related
Discover related tools, collections, and available API capabilities.