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[1] (Haixi, Qinghai), Manzhouli[2] (Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia).

List of sub-prefectural divisions

Note: Bold not under any prefecture-level subordination

Guangdong

Guizhou

Renhuai

Hainan

Dongfang
Qionghai
Wanning
Wenchang
Wuzhishan

Hebei

Heilongjiang

Suifenhe

Henan

Hubei

Qianjiang
Tianmen
Xiantao

Hunan

Shaoshan

Jiangsu

Jiangxi

Jilin

Inner Mongolia

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
Beitun
Huyanghe
Kokdala
Kunyu
Shihezi
Shuanghe
Tiemenguan
Tumxuk
Wujiaqu

Zhejiang

Yiwu

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