Entry for China in ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2:CN
is the entry for
China
in
ISO 3166-2
, part of the
ISO 3166
standard
published by the
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO), which defines
codes
for the names of the principal
subdivisions
(e.g.
provinces
or
states
) of all
countries
coded in
ISO 3166-1
.
Currently for China, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for the following
province-level subdivisions
:
The full name of China in ISO 3166 is the People's Republic of China
[1]
(PRC). Yet
China
is de facto divided into the PRC and the
Republic of China (Taiwan)
with limited recognition.
Taiwan
, which consists of
the namesake island
and the
Penghu Islands
, is included as a
province of China
because
[2]
of
its political status
within the
United Nations
, as even though it is de facto under the jurisdiction of the
Republic of China
instead of the
People's Republic of China
("China"), the United Nations considers Taiwan as part of "China". In addition,
Kinmen
and the
Matsu Islands
in the fractured
Fuchien (Fujian) Province
are also governed by the ROC.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is
CN
, the
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
code of China. The second part is a two-letter alphabetic code specified by
Guobiao
GB/T 2260 (first published 1991, prior to ISO 3166-2, first published 1998).
Current codes
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Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
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- Notes
- ^
Name is in
Pinyin
Chinese
(zh) except where noted.
- ^
For reference only, Chinese name in Pinyin Chinese with diacritics not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
- ^
For reference only, Chinese name in Chinese characters not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
- ^
For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.
Subdivisions included in ISO 3166-1
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Besides being included as subdivisions of China in ISO 3166-2, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao are also officially assigned their own country codes in ISO
3166-1
.
Changes
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The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:
Newsletter
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Date issued
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Description of change in newsletter
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Code/Subdivision change
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Newsletter I-2
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2002-05-21
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Addition of one new entity. Precise specification and correction of Pinyin names. List source updated
|
Subdivisions added:
CN-92
Macau
|
Newsletter I-6
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2004-03-08
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Deletion of one name form in CN-15
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The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
Effective date of change
|
Short description of change (en)
|
Code/Subdivision change
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2017-11-23
|
Change of subdivision codes
change of subdivision name of CN-NM, CN-GX, CN-XZ, CN-NX, CN-XJ, CN-BJ, CN-TJ, CN-SH, CN-CQ, CN-HE, CN-SX, CN-LN, CN-JL, CN-HL CN-JS, CN-ZJ, CN-AH, CN-FJ, CN-JX, CN-SD, CN-HA, CN-HB, CN-HN, CN-GD, CN-HI, CN-SC, CN-GZ, CN-YN, CN-SN, CN-GS, CN-QH, CN-TW, CN-HK, CN-MO
addition of remark in parentheses to subdivision name for CN-HK, CN-MO in English
addition of region CN-MO in Portuguese
update code source
update list source
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Change of subdivision code:
CN-11
→
CN-BJ
CN-12
→
CN-TJ
CN-13
→
CN-HE
CN-14
→
CN-SX
CN-15
→
CN-NM
CN-21
→
CN-LN
CN-22
→
CN-JL
CN-23
→
CN-HL
CN-31
→
CN-SH
CN-32
→
CN-JS
CN-33
→
CN-ZJ
CN-34
→
CN-AH
CN-35
→
CN-FJ
CN-36
→
CN-JX
CN-37
→
CN-SD
CN-41
→
CN-HA
CN-42
→
CN-HB
CN-43
→
CN-HN
CN-44
→
CN-GD
CN-45
→
CN-GX
CN-46
→
CN-HI
CN-50
→
CN-CQ
CN-51
→
CN-SC
CN-52
→
CN-GZ
CN-53
→
CN-YN
CN-54
→
CN-XZ
CN-61
→
CN-SN
CN-62
→
CN-GS
CN-63
→
CN-QH
CN-64
→
CN-NX
CN-65
→
CN-XJ
CN-71
→
CN-TW
CN-91
→
CN-HK
CN-92
→
CN-MO
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2018-11-26
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Correction of the romanization system label
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2019-11-22
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Change language from mon to zho for CN-NM
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2021-11-25
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Change of spelling of CN-NX; Update List Source
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See also
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- Administrative divisions of China
- FIPS region codes of China
- Neighbouring countries: (
HK
,
MO
,)
AF
,
BT
,
IN
,
KG
,
KP
,
KZ
,
LA
,
MM
,
MN
,
NP
,
PK
,
RU
,
TJ
,
TW
,
VN
References
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External links
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ISO 3166
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ISO 3166-1
country codes
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ISO 3166-2
country subdivision codes
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ISO 3166-3
codes for former names of countries
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- a
Changed from TP
- b
Changed from YU
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