This page requires Unicode . The following table shows terms used for various Chinese governmental units at different periods in history. You will notice that sometimes in the same period the same term is used at more than one level of the organizational chart, often producing a slightly different English translation. The English terms are more or less conventional translations.
Simplified characters are in parentheses when they differ from the traditional characters.
Indentation shows administrative subordination. Modern Both the ROC and the PRC use these units, with some variation from place to place.