| 安庆地区 | Ān qìng dì qū | Anqing prefecture, Anhui |
| 安阳地区 | Ān yáng dì qū | Anyang prefecture in Henan |
| 安顺地区 | Ān shùn dì qū | Anshun prefecture in Guizhou |
| 定西地区 | Dìng xī dì qū | Dingxi prefecture in Gansu |
| 宜昌地区 | Yí chāng dì qū | Yichang prefecture in Hubei |
| 宜春地区 | Yí chūn dì qū | Yichun prefecture in Jiangxi |
| 宜宾地区 | Yí bīn dì qū | Yibin prefecture level city in Sichuan |
| 宿县地区 | Sù xiàn dì qū | Suxian county, Anhui |
| 宁德地区 | Níng dé dì qū | Ningde prefecture in Fujian |
| 宁波地区 | Níng bō dì qū | Ningbo prefecture, Zhejiang |
| 山南地区 | Shān nán dì qū | Lhokha prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Lho kha sa khul |
| 岳阳地区 | Yuè yáng dì qū | Yueyang prefecture in Hunan |
| 巢湖地区 | Cháo hú dì qū | Chaohu prefecture, Anhui |
| 巴中地区 | Bā zhōng dì qū | Bazhong prefecture in Panzhihua 攀枝花, south Sichuan |
| 常德地区 | Cháng dé dì qū | Changde prefecture in Hunan |
| 平凉地区 | Píng liáng dì qū | Pingliang prefecture in Gansu |
| 康巴地区 | Kāng bā dì qū | former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan |
| 廊坊地区 | Láng fāng dì qū | Langfang county (old name) |
| 广安地区 | Guǎng ān dì qū | Guang'an prefecture level city in Sichuan |
| 延安地区 | Yán ān dì qū | Yan'an prefecture, Shaanxi |
| 延边地区 | Yán biān dì qū | Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延边朝鲜族自治州 in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市 |
| 张家口地区 | Zhāng jiā kǒu dì qū | Zhangjiakou prefecture in Hebei |
| 张掖地区 | Zhāng yè dì qū | Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term); Zhangye prefecture level city 张掖市 (district in Gansu) |
| 徐州地区 | Xú zhōu dì qū | Xuzhou prefecture in Jiangsu |
| 德州地区 | Dé zhōu dì qū | Dezhou prefecture in Shandong |
| 德惠地区 | Dé huì dì qū | Dehui county in Changchun 长春, Jilin |
| 思茅地区 | Sī máo dì qū | Simao prefecture in Yunnan |
| 恩施地区 | Ēn shī dì qū | Enshi in Hubei; abbr. for Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 |
| 惠阳地区 | Huì yáng dì qū | Huizhou prefecture 惠州, Guangdong |
| 庆阳地区 | Qìng yáng dì qū | Qingyang prefecture in Gansu |
| 承德地区 | Chéng dé dì qū | Chengde prefecture (old name); now Chengde prefecture level city |
| 攀枝花地区 | Pān zhī huā dì qū | Panzhihua prefecture in south Sichuan, bordering Yunnan |
| 新乡地区 | Xīn xiāng dì qū | Xinxiang prefecture in Henan |
| 日喀则地区 | Rì kā zé dì qū | Shigatse or Xigaze prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse sa khul, Chinese Rikaze |
| 昌都地区 | Chāng dū dì qū | Kham or Chamdo prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Chab mdo sa khul, Chinese Qamdo or Changdu |
| 昭通地区 | Zhāo tōng dì qū | Zhaotong prefecture in Yunnan |
| 晋江地区 | Jìn jiāng dì qū | Jinjiang county (old term); since 1983, Jinjiang county level city, Fujian |
| 曲靖地区 | Qǔ jìng dì qū | Qujing prefecture in Yunnan |
| 朝阳地区 | Zhāo yáng dì qū | Zhaoyang district in Liaoning |
| 林芝地区 | Lín zhī dì qū | Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri sa khul, Chinese Linzhi |
| 柳州地区 | Liǔ zhōu dì qū | Liuzhou prefecture in Guangxi; Zhuang: Liujcouh |
| 桂林地区 | Guì lín dì qū | Guilin precture in Guangxi |
| 梧州地区 | Wú zhōu dì qū | Wuzhou prefecture in Guangxi |
| 榆林地区 | Yú lín dì qū | Yulin prefecture, Shaanxi |
| 乐山地区 | Lè shān dì qū | Leshan prefecture in Sichuan |
| 钦州地区 | Qīn zhōu dì qū | Qinzhou prefecture in Guangxi; Zhuang: Ginhcouh |
| 武威地区 | Wǔ wēi dì qū | Wuwei prefecture in Gansu |
| 武汉地区 | Wǔ hàn dì qū | the Wuhan area |
| 民族杂居地区 | mín zú zá jū dì qū | mixed ethnic area |
| 永吉地区 | Yǒng jí dì qū | former Yongji prefecture, Jilin |
