Sub-prefectural city

A sub-prefectural municipality, 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).

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