List of China provinces by compass direction from capital:

Provinces

• Anhui - south
• Fujian - coastal south
• Gansu
• Guangdong - coastal far south
• Guizhou - mid southwest
• Hainan - island far south
• Hebei
• Heilongjiang - border northeast
• Henan
• Hubei
• Huguang
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi - mid south
• Jilin
• Liaoning - coastal east
• Qinghai
• Shaanxi - near western
• Shandong - coastal near southeast
• Shanxi - near south western
• Sichuan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - coastal southeast

Metropolitan Areas

• Beijing - capital

Special Economic Zones

Autonomous Regions

• Guangxi or Giangxi/Zhuang Autonomous Region - border far south west

• Tibet border far southwest