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administrative territorial entity of the People's Republic of China

vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-the-people-s-republic-o · PHY.PLC

Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of the People Republic of China at all levels, identify the units a place belongs to using official codes, describe governance and functions, and present contested territorial questions neutrally with attribution.

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Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of the People Republic of China at all levels, identify the units a place belongs to using official codes, describe governance and functions, and present contested territorial questions neutrally with attribution.

Any unit in the territorial administration of the People Republic of China as administered by its government, from province-level divisions including provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, through prefecture-level and county-level divisions, to township-level units such as towns, townships and ethnic townships, plus special zones such as state-level new areas; these units are coded by the national statistics bureau, and where territorial claims are contested, positions are attributed rather than asserted.

What it is for: Territorial units of the PRC.

It can be explain division levels; identify units of a place; describe governance; present contested questions neutrally.

Distinguishing features

Multi-level hierarchy

Special administrative regions

Ethnic autonomous units

Official codes

What it looks like

Not physical; boundaries on maps.

How it is recognised

Units of PRC administration

Province, prefecture, county, township levels

Divisions of Taiwan are administered separately, and status is contested

Related models

is a kind of - category

administrative territorial entity of a single country

is a kind of - category

administrative territorial entity of China

is related to - a parallel entry

administrative territorial entity of South Korea

is related to - a parallel entry

administrative territorial entity of Brazil

In practice

Families and kinds

province-level divisions

prefecture-level divisions

county-level divisions

township-level divisions including ethnic townships

special zones and new areas

Standards and regulation

PRC constitution and local government law

Administrative division codes of the national statistics bureau

Basic Laws of the special administrative regions

Failure modes and hazards

Asserting contested claims as fact

Outdated units after reorganisation

Confusing former and current units

Also called

former township in PRCparish of Macauformer ethnic township in PRCstate-level new area of the People's Republic of Chinaprovince-level divisiontownship of Chinaspecial administrative region of Chinaautonomous administrative territorial entity of Chinaprefecture-level divisioncounty-level divisiontownship-level division of Chinagrassroots mass autonomous organizationsubprefecture-level cityadministrative areaCommunity Service Centergreater administrative area of Chinalarge cityautonomous bannerprovincial directly controlled county-level divisioncounty-controlled districttownship-level division similar to townshipsethnic sumuethnic township

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand The division system.

Structure.

Levels

Levels of division.

Levels

Levels.

  1. What are the province, prefecture, county and township levels, and what are autonomous regions, ethnic townships, special administrative regions and new areas? definition
  2. Where status is contested, are positions attributed neutrally? boundary

Lookup

Units of a place.

Lookup

Lookup.

  1. Which units does this place belong to, and what are its official codes? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific unit? action
Govern Governance and functions.

Government.

Functions

Functions by level.

Functions

Functions.

  1. What functions do units at each level perform, and how are the special administrative regions governed under their Basic Laws? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific region? action

Changes

Reorganisations.

Changes

Changes.

  1. How are units created, merged or abolished, and how are former townships and units recorded? provenance
  2. Where are changes published? provenance
History History.

Context.

History

History of divisions.

History

History.

  1. How did Chinese administrative divisions develop from imperial systems to the present? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Names

Place names.

Names

Names.

  1. How are unit names romanised and translated, and which conventions apply? provenance
  2. Which entry fits romanisation? action
Data Data and teaching.

Practice.

Data

Statistical data.

Data

Data.

  1. Which data are published by unit by the national statistics bureau? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Chinese statistics? action

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can the system be explained to non-specialists? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each level be a separate entry?
  • How should code registers be linked?
  • How should contested status be attributed?
Draft as JSON