Eastern China

Eastern China. The area in yellow is administered by the People's Republic of China. The area in green covers Taiwan and other islands, claimed by the PRC and administered by the Republic of China. (The base map shows the area under effective control of the PRC and the ROC combined.)

Eastern China or East China (simplified Chinese: 华东; traditional Chinese: 華東; pinyin: Huádōng) is a geographical region that covers the eastern coastal area of China.

Although an intangible and loosely defined concept, for administrative and governmental purposes, the region is defined by the government of the People's Republic of China to include the provinces of (in alphabetical order) Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong and Zhejiang, as well as the municipality of Shanghai.

Taiwan Province and parts of Fujian are also defined a part of this region by the PRC, but they are administered by the Republic of China.