SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (REPUBLIC OF CHINA)

:''This article deals with special administrative regions set up by the Republic of China when it administered mainland China. For the present special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, namely Hong Kong and Macau, view special administrative region (People's Republic of China).''
In the political division of the Republic of China, "special administrative regions" were historically used to designate special areas, most of which were eventually converted into provinces. All were suspended or abolished after the end of the Chinese Civil War, with the establishment of the People's Republic of China and the ROC government retreat to Taiwan. These included:

★ Suiyuan - set up in 1914, converted into province in 1928

★ Chahar - set up in 1914, converted into province in 1928

★ Rehe (Jehol) - set up in 1914, converted into province in 1928

★ Chuanbian - set up in 1914, converted to Xikang Province in 1935

★ Dongsheng - set up in 1924 after reverting to Chinese rule

★ Weihaiwei - set up in 1930 after reverting to Chinese rule

★ Hainan - set up in 1944, preparing to be converted to a province

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Chahar

Chahar

Chahar was made a special administrative region in 1914 by the Republic of China, as a subdivision of the then Zhili province, with 6 banners and 11 counties. In 1928 it became a province, with 5 of its counties partitioned to Suiyuan, and 10 counties were included from Hebei.