Greater administrative region

Greater administrative regions or greater administrative areas (simplified Chinese: 大行政区; traditional Chinese: 大行政區; pinyin: Dà Xíngzhèng Qū) were top-level administrative divisions of the Communist-held Liberated Zone in Northern China and later the nascent People's Republic of China that directly governed provinces and municipalities.

These were the largest-ever political divisions of China and were controlled by the Central People's Government.

The greater administrative regions originated from the districts governed by governors-general (simplified Chinese: 总督辖区; traditional Chinese: 總督轄區; pinyin: Zǒngdū Xiáqū) established during the late Qing dynasty.

(From this historical origin derives the term still used today for the top officials of China's autonomous regions.)

The North China Region was the first to be abandoned on October 31, 1949, given the People's Republic by now had been established with Beijing as capital city.