Introduction to shp data of administrative divisions in China

 China's administrative division data is important basic geographical information data. Currently, there are a lot of national administrative division data from different sources, but there are very few high-quality administrative region data that can be openly accessed. Based on this, Ruiduobao’s geospatial production produces a set of high-quality administrative division data that can be openly accessed from 2013 to 2023. This set of data uses the county division data in the 2022 national basic geographical information data as the vector basis, supplemented by Gaode administrative division data and Tiantu administrative division data, and refers to the administrative divisions published by the Ministry of Civil Affairs over the years as the attribute base, with a time span. It has the characteristics of long, rich attributes, accurate national boundaries, and continuous updates.

  **The statistical deadline for China's administrative division data is February 12, 2023, including vector shp data of provinces, cities, counties, national boundaries, nine-dash lines, etc. **This data is based on 2020 Administrative Division Base Map, which produces administrative division data from 2013 to early 2023 in chronological order . As of January 1, 2023, there are 34 provincial-level units in my country, including 4 municipalities, 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 2 special administrative regions. As of January 1, 2023, there are 333 prefecture-level units in my country, including 293 prefecture-level cities, 7 regions, 30 autonomous prefectures, and 3 leagues. Among them, 38 vector elements are not included in the statistics (such as the municipalities directly under the Central Government, Beijing, etc., Special Administrative Region Macao, etc., Provincial County directly under the jurisdiction of Ding'an County, etc.). As of January 1, 2023, there are 2,843 county-level units in my country, including 1,301 counties, 394 county-level cities, 977 municipal districts, 117 autonomous counties, 49 banners, 3 autonomous banners, 1 special zone and 1 forest area, of which 9 vector elements are not included in county-level statistical categories (such as the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, prefecture-level cities without county-level units, Zhongshan City, Dongguan City, etc.).

 With the geospatial authorization from Ruiduobao, this data is included in the public data area for the convenience of scholars to browse and read. For the original data of this data, please jump to Ruiduobao’s geospatial public account to view and download, or perform data processing at the end of the article download.

Data processing flow

Data update instructions

• For areas with changed boundaries in the administrative division data in early 2023, refer to the national basic information 2021 administrative divisions (currently 2019), 2013 administrative division data, national 2013 township boundary data, and 2022 Gaode township administrative divisions The data, as well as the 2022 village-level vector data of Henan Province (Tiandu Map) and the 2022 village-level vector data of Jiangxi Province, have been updated with data boundary vectors. Inter-administrative area adjustments are all inter-administrative area adjustments registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and do not include trusteeship or escrow situations.
• In 2022, the adjustments involving the custody or custody area of ​​the management intervals at the county level and above include: Kunming City, Yunnan Province, custody of Mohan Town, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Tibet Airport New Area, which was entrusted to Lhasa City to be managed by Shannan City, Shangchuan Town, Yongdeng County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province is entrusted to be managed by Lanzhou New District under the reorganization system; Weichuan Town and Daying Town, Weishi County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province are entrusted to Zhengzhou Airport District under the reorganization system; Baima Temple, Luolong District, Luoyang City, Henan Province The town was entrusted to the management of the Hanhe Hui District, and the town was transferred back to Luolong District and Jianxi District by the High-tech Zone of Luoyang City, Henan Province. It should be noted that there is an essential difference between administrative division trusteeship and incorporation. Administrative trusteeship is temporary and can be changed at any time, while transfer is generally permanent and cannot be changed at any time. Therefore, hosted regions are not reflected in the data.
• The administrative scope of Jinfeng District has been revised from 2015 to 2022.

Time interval

2013-February 2023

Field display

County-level vectors have multiple attributes with the following attribute names:

The ground level vector has multiple attributes, the attribute names are as follows:

The provincial vector has multiple attributes with the following attribute names:

Sample data

• Provincial type display

• Prefecture level type display

• County type display

• Comprehensive display

• Administrative division change area display

Example 1:

A map of Liuhu Town in Honggutan District in early 2023

Example 2:

Pictures of Gangli Township and Dama Township in Xinzheng City in early 2023

Data update frequency

Annual update, historical data will be modified and improved from time to time.

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