| County-level city Chinese: p=Xiànjíshì|labels=no | |
| Alt Name: | County-level municipality |
| Category: | Third level administrative division of a unitary state |
| Territory: | People's Republic of China |
| Upper Unit: | Prefectures, Provinces |
| Current Number: | 411 (408 controlled, 3 claimed) |
| Number Date: | 3 April 2023 |
| Population Range: | 15,124 (Tsona) – 2,054,703 (Puning) |
| Area Range: | 89sqkm (Linxia) – 119165sqkm (Golmud) |
| Government: | Various, Central Government |
| Subdivision: | Town, Township |
| Collapse: | yes |
| Order: | st |
| County-level city | |
| S: | 县级市 |
| T: | 縣級市 |
| P: | Xiànjíshì |
| W: | Hsien-chi-shih |
| Uig: | ناھىيىسى دەرىجىلىك شەھەر |
| Uly: | Nahiyisi Derijilik Sheher |
| Tib: | རྫོང་རིམ་པ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། |
| Wylie: | dzong rim pa drong khyer |
| Zwpy: | Zong Rimba Chongkyêr |
| Monr: | Hûshûûn û entei hôt |
A county-level municipality, county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949 - 1970: ; 1970 - 1983:), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judicial but no legislative rights over their own local law and are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions.
A county-level city is a "city" and "county" that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such, it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal entity, and a county, which is an administrative division of a prefecture. Most county-level cities were created in the 1980s and 1990s by replacing denser populated counties.
County-level cities are not "cities" in the strictest sense of the word, since they usually contain rural areas many times the size of their urban, built-up area. This is because the counties that county-level cities have replaced are themselves large administrative units containing towns, villages and farmland. To distinguish a "county-level city" from its actual urban area (the traditional meaning of the word "city"), the term "Chinese: 市区" (shìqū) or "urban area", is used.
While the idea of a "city" being a unit consisting of several "towns" is not a common one in English-speaking world, a somewhat similar naming convention is used for local government areas in some parts of Australia.For example, in New South Wales such a unit may often be called a "city" (rather than a traditional "shire"), and consist of "towns". E.g. City of Blue Mountains is made of a number of towns (Katoomba, Springwood, etc.).
As of 3 April 2023, there are 408 county-level cities in total:
| City | Chinese | Province | Prefecture | Area | Founded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese: 巢湖市 | 2,082 | 2011-07-14 | ||||
| Chinese: 广德市 | 2,165 | 2019-07-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 界首市 | 666 | 1989-09-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 明光市 | 2,335 | 1994-05-31 | ||||
| Chinese: 宁国市 | 2,447 | 1997-03-11 | ||||
| Chinese: 潜山市 | 1,692 | 2018-07-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 天长市 | 1,770 | 1993-09-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 桐城市 | 1,572 | 1996-08-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 无为市 | 2,042 | 2019-11-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 福安市 | 1,880 | 1989-11-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 福鼎市 | 1,526 | 1995-10-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 福清市 | 1,518 | 1990-12-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 建瓯市 | 4,200 | 1992-10-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 晋江市 | 642 | 1992-03-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 龙海市 | 1,115 | 1993-05-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 南安市 | 1,985 | 1993-05-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 邵武市 | 2,851 | 1983-08-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 石狮市 | 160 | 1987-12-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 武夷山市 | 2,814 | 1989-08-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 永安市 | 2,942 | 1984-09-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 漳平市 | 2,976 | 1990-08-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 敦煌市 | 31,200 | 1987-08-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 合作市 | 2,670 | 1996-05-28 | ||||
| Chinese: 华亭市 | 1,183 | 2018-07-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 临夏市 | 89 | 1983-08-31 | ||||
| Chinese: 玉门市 | 13,389 | 1961-11-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 恩平市 | 1,698 | 1994-02-28 | ||||
| Chinese: 高州市 | 3,389 | 1993-06-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 鹤山市 | 1,083 | 1993-11-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 化州市 | 2,404 | 1994-07-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 开平市 | 1,659 | 1993-01-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 乐昌市 | 2,384 | 1994-04-28 | ||||
| Chinese: 雷州市 | 3,025 | 1994-04-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 廉江市 | 2,543 | 1993-12-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 连州市 | 2,665 | 1994-04-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 陆丰市 | 1,777 | 1995-01-19 | ||||
| Chinese: 罗定市 | 2,328 | 1993-04-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 南雄市 | 2,402 | 1996-06-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 普宁市 | 1,620 | 1993-04-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 四会市 | 1,258 | 1993-11-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 台山市 | 3,296 | 1992-04-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 吴川市 | 848 | 1994-05-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 兴宁市 | 2,107 | 1994-06-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 信宜市 | 3,081 | 1995-09-11 | ||||
| Chinese: 阳春市 | 4,055 | 1994-05-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 英德市 | 5,671 | 1994-01-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 北流市 | 2,457 | 1994-04-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 岑溪市 | 2,783 | 1995-09-11 | ||||
| Chinese: 东兴市 | 590 | 1996-04-29 | ||||
| Chinese: 桂平市 | 4,074 | 1994-05-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 横州市 | 3,464 | 2021-01-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 合山市 | 365 | 1981-06-29 | ||||
| Chinese: 靖西市 | 3,232 | 2015-08-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 荔浦市 | 1,759 | 2018-07-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 平果市 | 2,485 | 2019-11-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 凭祥市 | 645 | 1961-05-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 赤水市 | 1,801 | 1990-09-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 都匀市 | 2,278 | 1966-03-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 福泉市 | 1,691 | 1996-12-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 凯里市 | 1,570 | 1983-08-19 | ||||
| Chinese: 盘州市 | 4,057 | 2017-04-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 黔西市 | 2,380 | 2021-01-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 清镇市 | 1,302 | 1992-11-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 仁怀市 | 1,788 | 1995-11-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 兴仁市 | 1,785 | 2018-07-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 兴义市 | 2,911 | 1987-11-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 东方市 | 2,272 | 1997-03-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 琼海市 | 1,692 | 1992-11-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 万宁市 | 1,883 | 1996-08-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 文昌市 | 2,486 | 1995-11-07 | ||||
| Chinese: 五指山市 | 1,130 | 1986-06-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 安国市 | 486 | 1991-05-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 霸州市 | 802 | 1990-01-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 泊头市 | 1,009 | 1982-12-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 定州市 | 1,283 | 1986-03-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 高碑店市 | 618 | 1993-04-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 河间市 | 1,333 | 1990-10-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 黄骅市 | 1,545 | 1989-07-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 晋州市 | 619 | 1991-11-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 滦州市 | 1,027 | 2018-07-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 南宫市 | 861 | 1986-03-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 平泉市 | 3,294 | 2017-04-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 迁安市 | 1,227 | 1996-10-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 任丘市 | 1,012 | 1986-03-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 三河市 | 634 | 1993-03-03 | ||||
| Chinese: 沙河市 | 859 | 1987-02-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 深州市 | 1,245 | 1994-07-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 武安市 | 1,806 | 1988-09-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 辛集市 | 951 | 1986-03-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 新乐市 | 525 | 1992-10-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 涿州市 | 751 | 1986-09-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 遵化市 | 1,509 | 1992-02-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 安达市 | 3,586 | 1984-11-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 北安市 | 7,194 | 1982-12-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 东宁市 | 7,117 | 2015-12-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 富锦市 | 8,224 | 1988-08-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 抚远市 | 6,047 | 2016-01-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 海林市 | 8,816 | 1992-07-28 | ||||
| Chinese: 海伦市 | 4,667 | 1989-12-23 | ||||
| Chinese: 虎林市 | 9,334 | 1996-10-11 | ||||
| Chinese: 密山市 | 7,731 | 1988-11-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 漠河市 | 18,367 | 2018-02-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 穆棱市 | 6,247 | 1995-03-07 | ||||
| Chinese: 讷河市 | 6,664 | 1992-09-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 嫩江市 | 15,109 | 2019-07-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 宁安市 | 7,227 | 1993-02-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 尚志市 | 8,891 | 1988-09-14 | ||||
| Chinese: 绥芬河市 | 422 | 1975-08-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 铁力市 | 6,443 | 1988-09-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 同江市 | 6,229 | 1987-02-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 五常市 | 7,512 | 1993-06-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 五大连池市 | 9,874 | 1983-10-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 肇东市 | 4,330 | 1986-09-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 长葛市 | 650 | 1993-12-14 | ||||
| Chinese: 长垣市 | 1,051 | 2019-07-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 登封市 | 1,220 | 1994-05-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 邓州市 | 2,294 | 1988-11-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 巩义市 | 1,041 | 1991-06-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 辉县市 | 2,007 | 1988-10-11 | ||||
| Chinese: 济源市 | 1,965 | 1988-06-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 灵宝市 | 3,011 | 1993-05-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 林州市 | 2,046 | 1994-01-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 孟州市 | 542 | 1996-04-29 | ||||
| Chinese: 沁阳市 | 623 | 1989-09-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 汝州市 | 1,573 | 1988-06-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 卫辉市 | 882 | 1988-10-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 舞钢市 | 640 | 1990-09-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 项城市 | 1,083 | 1993-12-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 荥阳市 | 955 | 1994-04-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 新密市 | 1,001 | 1994-04-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 新郑市 | 873 | 1994-05-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 偃师市 | 888 | 1993-12-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 义马市 | 112 | 1981-04-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 永城市 | 2,068 | 1996-10-11 | ||||
| Chinese: 禹州市 | 1,472 | 1988-06-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 安陆市 | 1,355 | 1987-09-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 赤壁市 | 1,723 | 1986-05-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 当阳市 | 2,159 | 1988-10-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 丹江口市 | 3,121 | 1983-08-19 | ||||
| Chinese: 大冶市 | 1,566 | 1994-02-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 恩施市 | 3,972 | 1981-11-07 | ||||
| Chinese: 广水市 | 2,647 | 1988-10-11 | ||||
| Chinese: 汉川市 | 1,663 | 1997-03-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 洪湖市 | 2,519 | 1987-07-31 | ||||
| Chinese: 监利市 | 3,118 | 2020-06-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 京山市 | 3,284 | 2018-02-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 老河口市 | 1,032 | 1979-11-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 利川市 | 4,603 | 1986-05-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 麻城市 | 3,599 | 1986-05-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 潜江市 | 2,004 | 1988-05-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 石首市 | 1,427 | 1986-05-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 松滋市 | 2,235 | 1995-12-29 | ||||
| Chinese: 天门市 | 2,622 | 1987-08-03 | ||||
| Chinese: 武穴市 | 1,246 | 1987-10-23 | ||||
| Chinese: 仙桃市 | 2,538 | 1986-05-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 宜城市 | 2,115 | 1994-06-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 宜都市 | 1,357 | 1987-11-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 应城市 | 1,103 | 1986-05-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 枣阳市 | 3,277 | 1988-01-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 枝江市 | 1,310 | 1996-07-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 钟祥市 | 4,488 | 1992-05-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 常宁市 | 2,048 | 1996-11-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 洪江市 | 2,283 | 1979-09-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 津市市 | 556 | 1979-12-19 | ||||
| Chinese: 吉首市 | 1,078 | 1982-08-03 | ||||
| Chinese: 耒阳市 | 2,648 | 1986-11-11 | ||||
| Chinese: 冷水江市 | 438 | 1983-07-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 涟源市 | 1,912 | 1987-06-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 醴陵市 | 2,156 | 1985-05-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 临湘市 | 1,719 | 1992-09-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 浏阳市 | 4,997 | 1993-01-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 汨罗市 | 1,670 | 1987-09-23 | ||||
| Chinese: 宁乡市 | 2,912 | 2017-04-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 祁阳市 | 2,538 | 2021-01-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 邵东市 | 1,778 | 2019-07-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 韶山市 | 247 | 1990-12-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 武冈市 | 1,539 | 1994-02-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 湘乡市 | 1,966 | 1986-09-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 沅江市 | 2,129 | 1988-10-11 | ||||
| Chinese: 资兴市 | 2,730 | 1984-12-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 阿尔山市 | 7,409 | 1996-06-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 二连浩特市 | 4,013 | 1966-01-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 额尔古纳市 | 28,958 | 1994-07-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 丰镇市 | 2,704 | 1990-11-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 根河市 | 19,659 | 1994-04-28 | ||||
| Chinese: 霍林郭勒市 | 585 | 1985-11-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 满洲里市 | 453 | 1954-05-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 乌兰浩特市 | 2,728 | 1980-07-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 锡林浩特市 | 14,780 | 1983-10-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 牙克石市 | 27,590 | 1983-10-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 扎兰屯市 | 16,800 | 1983-10-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 常熟市 | 1,276 | 1983-01-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 丹阳市 | 1,047 | 1987-12-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 东台市 | 3,221 | 1987-12-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 高邮市 | 1,922 | 1991-02-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 海安市 | 1,108 | 2018-02-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 江阴市 | 987 | 1987-04-23 | ||||
| Chinese: 靖江市 | 656 | 1993-07-14 | ||||
| Chinese: 句容市 | 1,387 | 1995-04-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 溧阳市 | 1,535 | 1990-08-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 昆山市 | 932 | 1989-07-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 邳州市 | 2,088 | 1992-07-07 | ||||
| Chinese: 启东市 | 1,208 | 1989-11-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 如皋市 | 1,492 | 1991-02-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 太仓市 | 823 | 1993-01-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 泰兴市 | 1,170 | 1992-09-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 兴化市 | 2,395 | 1987-12-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 新沂市 | 1,571 | 1990-02-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 扬中市 | 331 | 1994-05-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 宜兴市 | 1,997 | 1988-01-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 仪征市 | 902 | 1986-04-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 张家港市 | 990 | 1986-09-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 德兴市 | 2,082 | 1990-12-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 丰城市 | 2,845 | 1988-10-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 高安市 | 2,439 | 1993-12-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 共青城市 | 307 | 2010-09-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 贵溪市 | 2,480 | 1996-05-28 | ||||
| Chinese: 井冈山市 | 1,297 | 1984-12-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 乐平市 | 1,973 | 1992-07-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 龙南市 | 1,641 | 2020-06-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 庐山市 | 596 | 2016-03-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 瑞昌市 | 1,423 | 1989-12-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 瑞金市 | 2,448 | 1994-05-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 樟树市 | 1,219 | 1988-10-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 大安市 | 4,879 | 1988-08-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 德惠市 | 3,096 | 1994-07-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 敦化市 | 11,963 | 1985-02-28 | ||||
| Chinese: 扶余市 | 4,189 | 2013-01-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 公主岭市 | 4,027 | 1985-12-19 | ||||
| Chinese: 和龙市 | 5,069 | 1993-07-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 桦甸市 | 6,624 | 1988-05-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 珲春市 | 4,938 | 1988-05-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 集安市 | 3,408 | 1988-03-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 蛟河市 | 6,235 | 1989-08-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 临江市 | 3,009 | 1993-11-28 | ||||
| Chinese: 龙井市 | 2,193 | 1988-05-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 梅河口市 | 2,175 | 1985-12-19 | ||||
| Chinese: 磐石市 | 3,867 | 1995-08-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 双辽市 | 3,121 | 1996-04-29 | ||||
| Chinese: 舒兰市 | 4,554 | 1992-10-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 洮南市 | 5,108 | 1987-05-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 图们市 | 1,142 | 1965-03-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 延吉市 | 1,731 | 1953-05-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 榆树市 | 4,691 | 1990-12-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 北票市 | 4,469 | 1985-01-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 北镇市 | 1,693 | 1995-03-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 大石桥市 | 1,379 | 1992-11-03 | ||||
| Chinese: 灯塔市 | 1,313 | 1996-08-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 调兵山市 | 262 | 1986-09-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 东港市 | 2,496 | 1993-06-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 凤城市 | 5,518 | 1994-03-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 盖州市 | 2,953 | 1992-11-03 | ||||
| Chinese: 海城市 | 2,566 | 1985-01-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 开原市 | 2,813 | 1988-12-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 凌海市 | 2,417 | 1993-11-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 凌源市 | 3,264 | 1991-12-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 瓦房店市 | 3,791 | 1985-01-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 兴城市 | 2,103 | 1986-12-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 新民市 | 3,315 | 1993-06-14 | ||||
| Chinese: 庄河市 | 3,900 | 1992-09-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 灵武市 | 3,846 | 1996-04-29 | ||||
| Chinese: 青铜峡市 | 2,438 | 1984-12-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 德令哈市 | 27,766 | 1988-04-19 | ||||
| Chinese: 格尔木市 | 119,167 | 1980-06-14 | ||||
| Chinese: 茫崖市 | 49,800 | 2018-02-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 同仁市 | 3,465 | 2020-06-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 玉树市 | 15,413 | 2013-07-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 彬州市 | 1,181 | 2018-02-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 韩城市 | 1,596 | 1983-09-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 华阴市 | 675 | 1990-12-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 神木市 | 7,481 | 2017-04-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 兴平市 | 509 | 1993-06-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 旬阳市 | 3,540 | 2021-01-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 子长市 | 2,393 | 2019-07-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 安丘市 | 1,712 | 1994-01-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 昌邑市 | 1,628 | 1994-06-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 肥城市 | 1,277 | 1992-08-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 高密市 | 1,527 | 1994-05-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 海阳市 | 1,909 | 1996-04-29 | ||||
| Chinese: 胶州市 | 1,324 | 1987-02-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 莱西市 | 1,568 | 1990-12-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 莱阳市 | 1,732 | 1987-02-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 莱州市 | 1,928 | 1988-02-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 乐陵市 | 1,173 | 1988-09-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 临清市 | 950 | 1983-08-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 龙口市 | 901 | 1986-09-23 | ||||
| Chinese: 平度市 | 3,176 | 1989-07-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 青州市 | 1,569 | 1986-03-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 栖霞市 | 2,016 | 1995-11-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 曲阜市 | 815 | 1986-06-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 荣成市 | 1,526 | 1988-11-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 乳山市 | 1,665 | 1993-07-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 寿光市 | 1,990 | 1993-06-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 滕州市 | 1,495 | 1988-03-07 | ||||
| Chinese: 新泰市 | 1,934 | 1983-08-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 禹城市 | 992 | 1993-09-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 招远市 | 1,432 | 1991-12-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 诸城市 | 2,151 | 1987-04-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 邹城市 | 1,616 | 1992-10-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 邹平市 | 1,250 | 2018-07-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 汾阳市 | 1,170 | 1996-08-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 高平市 | 980 | 1993-05-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 古交市 | 1,512 | 1988-02-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 河津市 | 593 | 1994-01-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 侯马市 | 220 | 1971-06-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 怀仁市 | 1,234 | 2018-02-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 霍州市 | 765 | 1989-12-23 | ||||
| Chinese: 介休市 | 741 | 1992-02-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 孝义市 | 938 | 1992-02-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 永济市 | 1,208 | 1994-01-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 原平市 | 2,550 | 1993-06-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 马尔康市 | 6,633 | 2015-11-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 崇州市 | 1,090 | 1994-06-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 都江堰市 | 1,208 | 1988-03-03 | ||||
| Chinese: 峨眉山市 | 1,181 | 1988-09-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 广汉市 | 549 | 1988-02-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 华蓥市 | 466 | 1985-02-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 会理市 | 4,527 | 2021-01-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 江油市 | 2,721 | 1988-02-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 简阳市 | 2,214 | 1994-04-05 | ||||
| Chinese: 康定市 | 11,486 | 2015-02-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 阆中市 | 1,878 | 1991-01-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 隆昌市 | 794 | 2017-04-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 绵竹市 | 1,246 | 1996-10-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 彭州市 | 1,420 | 1993-12-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 邛崃市 | 1,384 | 1994-06-19 | ||||
| Chinese: 射洪市 | 1,496 | 2019-07-12 | ||||
| Chinese: 什邡市 | 820 | 1995-11-08 | ||||
| Chinese: 万源市 | 4,065 | 1993-07-14 | ||||
| Chinese: 西昌市 | 2,655 | 1979-07-19 | ||||
| Chinese: 嘉义市 | 60 | — | ||||
| Chinese: 基隆市 | 132 | — | ||||
| Chinese: 新竹市 | 104 | — | ||||
| Chinese: 阿克苏市 | 13,647 | 1983-08-19 | ||||
| Chinese: 阿拉山口市 | 1,204 | 2012-12-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 阿勒泰市 | 10,819 | 1984-11-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 阿拉尔市 | 5,266 | 2002-09-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 阿图什市 | 15,698 | 1986-06-07 | ||||
| Chinese: 白杨市 | 4,928 | 2023-01-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 北屯市 | 911 | 2011-12-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 博乐市 | 7,802 | 1985-06-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 昌吉市 | 7,981 | 1983-07-21 | ||||
| Chinese: 阜康市 | 8,545 | 1992-11-03 | ||||
| Chinese: 和田市 | 466 | 1983-09-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 胡杨河市 | 677.94 | 2019-11-06 | ||||
| Chinese: 喀什市 | 791 | 1952-05-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 霍尔果斯市 | 1,909 | 2014-06-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 可克达拉市 | 979.71 | 2015-03-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 库尔勒市 | 6,038 | 1979-09-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 奎屯市 | 1,171 | 1975-08-29 | ||||
| Chinese: 昆玉市 | 687.13 | 2016-01-07 | ||||
| Chinese: 库车市 | 14,529 | 2019-11-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 沙湾市 | 12,460 | 2021-01-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 石河子市 | 457 | 1976-01-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 双河市 | 742 | 2014-01-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 塔城市 | 4,007 | 1984-11-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 铁门关市 | 590 | 2012-12-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 图木舒克市 | 2,003 | 2002-09-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 五家渠市 | 742 | 2002-09-17 | ||||
| Chinese: 乌苏市 | 14,394 | 1996-07-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 新星市 | 539.76 | 2021-02-04 | ||||
| Chinese: 伊宁市 | 730 | 1952-05-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 安宁市 | 1,313 | 1995-10-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 澄江市 | 773 | 2019-11-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 楚雄市 | 4,482 | 1983-09-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 大理市 | 1,468 | 1983-09-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 个旧市 | 1,597 | 1958-09-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 景洪市 | 7,133 | 1993-12-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 开远市 | 2,009 | 1981-01-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 禄丰市 | 3,536 | 2021-01-20 | ||||
| Chinese: 泸水市 | 2,938 | 2016-06-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 芒市 | 2,987 | 1996-10-28 | ||||
| Chinese: 米林市 | 9,507 | 2023-04-03 | ||||
| Chinese: 蒙自市 | 2,228 | 2010-09-10 | ||||
| Chinese: 弥勒市 | 4,004 | 2013-01-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 瑞丽市 | 1,020 | 1992-06-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 香格里拉市 | 11,613 | 2014-12-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 水富市 | 319 | 2018-07-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 腾冲市 | 5,845 | 2015-08-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 错那市 | 6,703 | 2023-04-03 | ||||
| Chinese: 文山市 | 3,064 | 2010-12-02 | ||||
| Chinese: 宣威市 | 6,257 | 1994-02-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 慈溪市 | 1,154 | 1988-10-13 | ||||
| Chinese: 东阳市 | 1,739 | 1988-05-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 海宁市 | 681 | 1986-11-22 | ||||
| Chinese: 建德市 | 2,364 | 1992-04-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 江山市 | 2,018 | 1987-11-27 | ||||
| Chinese: 兰溪市 | 1,310 | 1985-05-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 临海市 | 2,171 | 1986-03-01 | ||||
| Chinese: 龙港市 | 121.92 | 2019-08-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 龙泉市 | 3,059 | 1990-12-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 平湖市 | 536 | 1991-06-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 瑞安市 | 1,278 | 1987-04-15 | ||||
| Chinese: 嵊州市 | 1,790 | 1995-08-30 | ||||
| Chinese: 桐乡市 | 723 | 1993-03-26 | ||||
| Chinese: 温岭市 | 836 | 1994-02-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 义乌市 | 1,103 | 1988-05-25 | ||||
| Chinese: 永康市 | 1,049 | 1992-08-24 | ||||
| Chinese: 乐清市 | 1,174 | 1993-09-18 | ||||
| Chinese: 玉环市 | 378 | 2017-04-09 | ||||
| Chinese: 余姚市 | 1,346 | 1985-07-16 | ||||
| Chinese: 诸暨市 | 2,311 | 1989-09-27 |
See main article: Sub-prefectural city.
A sub-prefectural city is a county-level city with powers approaching those of prefecture-level cities. Examples include, Xiantao (Hubei), Qianjiang (Hubei), Tianmen (Hubei) and Jiyuan (Henan).