| 许昌地区 | Xǔ chāng dì qū | Xuchang prefecture in Henan |
| 贫困地区 | pín kùn dì qū | poor region; impoverished area |
| 赣州地区 | Gàn zhōu dì qū | Ganzhou prefecture in Jiangxi |
| 跨地区 | kuà dì qū | inter-regional; spanning two or more PRC provinces |
| 通化地区 | Tōng huà dì qū | former Tonghua prefecture, Jilin |
| 运城地区 | Yùn chéng dì qū | Yuncheng prefecture in Shanxi |
| 遵义地区 | Zūn yì dì qū | Zun'yi prefecture in Guizhou |
| 边境地区 | biān jìng dì qū | border area |
| 边缘地区 | biān yuán dì qū | border area |
| 邢台地区 | Xíng tái dì qū | Xingtai county (old name) |
| 那曲地区 | Nà qǔ dì qū | Nagchu prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Nag chu sa khul |
| 邯郸地区 | Hán dān dì qū | Handan county (old name) |
| 邵阳地区 | Shào yáng dì qū | Shaoyang prefecture in Hunan |
| 都市化地区 | dū shì huà dì qū | urbanized area |
| 酒泉地区 | Jiǔ quán dì qū | Jiuquan prefecture in Gansu |
| 金华地区 | Jīn huá dì qū | Jinhua prefecture, Zhejiang |
| 铜仁地区 | Tóng rén dì qū | Tongren prefecture in Guizhou |
| 镇江地区 | Zhèn jiāng dì qū | Zhenjiang prefecture in Jiangsu |
| 铁岭地区 | Tiě lǐng dì qū | Tieling prefecture and county in Liaoning |
| 开封地区 | Kāi fēng dì qū | Kaifeng prefecture in Henan |
| 关中地区 | Guān zhōng dì qū | Guanzhong plain in Shaanxi, valley of the Wei River 渭河 |
| 阜阳地区 | Fù yáng dì qū | Fuyang prefecture in Anhui |
| 阿克苏地区 | Ā kè sū dì qū | Aqsu Wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang |
| 阿勒泰地区 | Ā lè tài dì qū | Altay prefecture in Xinjiang |
| 阿里地区 | Ā lǐ dì qū | Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris sa khul |
| 陇南地区 | Lǒng nán dì qū | Longnan prefecture in south Gansu (bordering Shaanxi and Sichuan) |
| 雅安地区 | Yǎ ān dì qū | Ya'an prefecture in Sichuan |
| 杂居地区 | zá jū dì qū | area of mixed habitation |
| 韶关地区 | Sháo guān dì qū | Shaoguan prefecture in Guangdong |
| 额济纳地区 | É jì nà dì qū | Eijin banner in Alxa league 阿拉善盟, Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979) |
| 驻马店地区 | Zhù mǎ diàn dì qū | Zhumadian prefecture in Henan |
| 丽水地区 | Lì shuǐ dì qū | Lishui prefecture, Zhejiang |
| 丽江地区 | Lì jiāng dì qū | Lijiang prefecture in northwest Yunnan |
| 黑河地区 | Hēi hé dì qū | Heihe prefecture, Heilongjiang |
| 龙岩地区 | Lóng yán dì qū | Longyan district (old term); since 1983, Longyan county level city, Fujian |
