The answer is countless. China is huge. Because of geography, climate, natural resources and so on. There are many kinds of cook style of food. But it doesn’t mean Chinese food can’t be classified. There are 8 kinds of most influential styles which are classified by regions(named by 8 provinces). Every style has its obvious taste feature and cooking skills feature. There are more than 26 kinds of main cooking skills in China, that is why Chinese food is so abundant and complicated.