On this list of Chinese cities by population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China_by_population#Cities_and_towns_by_population https://en.wiki

On this list of Chinese cities by population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China_by_population#Cities_and_towns_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China_by_pop... #100 is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiujiang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiujiang with a total population of 4.6 million, of which 2.8 million live in urban areas and 1.1 million in the metropolitan area, i.e. the fact that cities often administratively subsume neighboring towns is already taken into account.