Provincial-controlled division

A provincial-controlled division, is an unofficial designation for a type of administrative division of China. Every provincial-controlled divisions is officially considered to be a county-level city or county, but it has more power de facto because it is directly under the province similar to prefectural-level divisions.

Hubei

 * Tianmen
 * Xiantao
 * Qianjiang
 * Shennongjia

Henan

 * Jiyuan
 * Gongyi
 * Ruzhou
 * Dengzhou
 * Yongcheng
 * Huaxian (county)
 * Changyuan County
 * Lankao County
 * Gushi County
 * Luyi County
 * Xincai County

Xinjiang

 * Note: all cities are governed by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC, Bintuan)


 * Shihezi
 * Aral
 * Tumxuk
 * Wujiaqu
 * Beitun
 * Tiemenguan
 * Shuanghe

Jilin

 * Gongzhuling
 * Meihekou

Liaoning

 * Suizhong County
 * Changtu County

Gansu

 * Dunhuang
 * Yumen

Hebei

 * Dingzhou
 * Xinji

Heilongjiang

 * Suifenhe
 * Fuyuan County

Guizhou

 * Renhuai
 * Weining County (Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous)

Anhui

 * Guangde County
 * Susong County

Guangxi

 * Cenxi
 * Guiping
 * Pingxiang
 * Wuming County
 * Liujiang County
 * Xing'an County
 * Yangshuo County
 * Rongxian (county)
 * Debao County
 * Du'an County(Yao Autonomous)

Jiangsu

 * Kunshan
 * Taixing
 * Shuyang County

Shandong

 * Laiyang
 * Anqiu
 * Rongcheng
 * Shanghe County
 * Gaoqing County
 * Jinxiang County
 * Sishui County
 * Tancheng County
 * Pingyi County
 * Ningyang County
 * Shenxian (county)
 * Guanxian (county)
 * Caoxian (county)
 * Juancheng County
 * Xiajin County
 * Qingyun County
 * Huimin County
 * Yangxin County
 * Lijin County
 * Juxian (county)

Guangdong

 * Shunde District
 * Yangchun
 * Gaozhou
 * Yingde
 * Puning
 * Luoding
 * Nanxiong
 * Xingning
 * Longchuan County
 * Wuhua County
 * Boluo County
 * Xuwen County
 * Raoping County
 * Zijin County
 * Fengkai County

Jiangxi

 * Gongqingcheng
 * Ruijin
 * Fengcheng
 * Poyang County
 * Anfu County
 * Nancheng County