Blank map of China

A blank map of China is the starting point for something else: a worksheet a teacher is writing, a slide about a market, an infographic, a book cover. You can take Outline only, the country's shape with nothing inside, or With borders, which draws its 32 administrative areas. Each version comes as a PNG on a transparent background, an SVG and a PDF.

A lettered quiz and a shape starter

In your own worksheet, put the letters A to F on six areas of the With borders file and print a jumbled list of six names beside it, say Fujian, Guizhou, Jilin, Qinghai, Anhui and Tianjin. Pupils match each letter to a name, and the list further down this page settles any argument. For a lesson starter, show Outline only on the board with no title and ask the class which country it is and how they know.

Slides, infographics and covers

On a market or sourcing slide, put the PNG on the left and two or three figures on the right; the transparent background lets the slide's colour run behind the shape. In Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma, the SVG makes the base of an infographic: fill the areas that matter to your story, fade the rest and add your own labels. A book or report cover can use Outline only at a large size, since the vector file scales without blurring.

Which version, which file

Take With borders whenever the task is about the areas, and Outline only for a silhouette or a title slide. Use the PNG for documents and slides, the SVG for design work and the PDF to print on A4 or Letter at 100%. If you need the areas without the country's outline around them, the blank map of the Chinese provinces has them. For black and white or shading before printing, go to the printable map of China.