What are the three administrative divisions of China?

China basically implements three administrative divisions at the provincial, county and township levels. Three-level administrative division system (three-level administrative division system) means that the administrative division of the country is divided into three levels, and each level of administrative division has a government. Since the establishment of the Republic of China in the Revolution of 1911, chinese administrative division has been divided into three levels from the perspective of constitutionalism: the first level: provincial administrative regions; The second level: county-level administrative regions; The third level: township administrative districts.

Legal basis:

Regulations on the administration of administrative divisions

Seventh changes in the following administrative divisions shall be examined and approved by the State Council:

(a) the change of administrative boundaries of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, the relocation of people's government residences, and the change of abbreviation and arrangement order;

(two) the establishment, revocation, renaming and change of affiliation of autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties, cities and municipal districts, as well as the relocation of the resident offices of the people's governments of autonomous prefectures, autonomous counties and municipal districts;

(three) changes in the administrative boundaries of autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties, and major changes in the administrative boundaries of counties, cities and municipal districts;

(four) any change in the affiliation or administrative boundaries of coastlines, islands, border areas, lakes, important resource areas and areas with special circumstances.

Article 8 the State Council authorizes the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government to examine and approve the changes of some administrative boundaries of counties, cities and municipal districts and the relocation of people's governments of counties, cities not divided into districts and municipal districts; When approving the change, it shall be reported to the State Council for the record.

Article 9 The establishment, cancellation and renaming of townships, nationality townships and towns, the change of administrative boundaries and the relocation of people's government residences shall be examined and approved by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.