Sub-prefectural city

A sub-prefectural municipality (simplified Chinese: 副地级市; traditional Chinese: 副地級市; pinyin: fùdìjíshì), sub-prefectural city, or vice-prefectural municipality, is an unofficial designation for a type of administrative division of China. A sub-prefectural city is officially considered to be a county-level city, but it has more power de facto because the cadres assigned to its government are one half-level higher in rank than those of an "ordinary" county-level city—though still lower than those of a prefecture-level city.

While county-level cities are under the administrative jurisdiction of prefecture-level divisions, sub-prefectural cities are often (but not always) administered directly by the provincial government, with no intervening prefecture level administration.

Examples of sub-prefectural cities that does not belong to any prefecture: Jiyuan (Henan Province), Xiantao, Qianjiang and Tianmen (Hubei), Shihezi, Tumxuk, Aral, and Wujiaqu (Xinjiang).

Examples of sub-prefectural cities that nevertheless belong to a prefecture: Golmud (Haixi, Qinghai), Manzhouli (Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia).^{[citation needed]}

List of sub-prefectural divisions

Note: Bold not under any prefecture-level subordination.

Guangdong

• Gaozhou
• Lufeng
• Luoding
• Nanxiong
• Puning
• Yangchun
• Yingde

Guizhou

• Renhuai

Hainan

• Dongfang
• Qionghai
• Wanning
• Wenchang
• Wuzhishan

Hebei

• Dingzhou
• Qian'an
• Xinji

Heilongjiang

• Suifenhe

Henan

• Dengzhou
• Gongyi
• Jiyuan
• Ruzhou
• Yongcheng

Hubei

• Qianjiang
• Tianmen
• Xiantao

Hunan

• Shaoshan

Inner Mongolia

• Erenhot
• Manzhouli

Jiangsu

• Kunshan
• Taixing

Jiangxi

• Fengcheng
• Gongqingcheng
• Ruijin

Jilin

• Gongzhuling
• Meihekou

Qinghai

• Golmud

Shaanxi

• Hancheng

Xinjiang

Note: all cities are also under the subordination of the Prefecture-level Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC or Bingtuan).

• Aral
• Baiyang
• Beitun
• Huyanghe
• Kokdala
• Kunyu
• Shihezi
• Shuanghe
• Tiemenguan
• Tumxuk
• Wujiaqu
• Xinxing

Zhejiang

• Yiwu

References

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