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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B9-s%C3%A9ng-kip_si%C3%A2%E2%81%BF-chh%C4%AB" title="Hù-séng-kip siâⁿ-chhī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hù-séng-kip siâⁿ-chhī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprovin%C4%8Dn%C3%AD_m%C4%9Bsto" title="Subprovinční město – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Subprovinční město" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprovinsiel_by" title="Subprovinsiel by – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Subprovinsiel by" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinzunmittelbare_Verwaltungszone" title="Provinzunmittelbare Verwaltungszone – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Provinzunmittelbare Verwaltungszone" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad-subprovincia_de_la_Rep%C3%BAblica_Popular_China" title="Ciudad-subprovincia de la República Popular China – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ciudad-subprovincia de la República Popular China" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azpiprobintzia_mailako_hiri" title="Azpiprobintzia mailako hiri – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Azpiprobintzia mailako hiri" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%82_%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بخش‌های زیر-استانی در جمهوری خلق چین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش‌های زیر-استانی در جمهوری خلق چین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>sub-provincial division</b> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">副省级行政区</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Fùshěngjí xíngzhèngqū</span></i>) in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Prefecture-level_city" title="Prefecture-level city">prefecture-level city</a> governed by a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_China" title="Provinces of China">province</a> promoted by half-a-level. Thus, it is <b>half-a-level under the provincial level</b>, and <b>half-a-level above the prefecture-level</b>, hence the name "sub-provincial". </p><p>The promotion applies to all its subdivisions, administrative institutions, and political parties. For example, the mayor of a sub-provincial division is equal in status to a vice-governor of a province. </p><p>A sub-provincial division is still administratively governed by a province, just like prefecture-level divisions. However, five of them are also <b>cities specifically designated in the state plan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">计划单列市 / 計劃單列市</span>), which enjoy the provincial level authority over economic issues—governmental finance, customs, economic strategy planning, economic policy, foreign economic affairs, banking, etc. </p><p>Sub-provincial divisions, similar to prefectural-level divisions, are administrative units comprising, typically, a main central urban area (the core city) surrounded by rural area, which together are divided into districts, and some surrounding counties or county-level cities (all promoted to sub-prefecture level) governed by the sub-provincial division on behalf of the province, which all have their own urban areas surrounded by their own rural areas. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Map_of_sub-provincial_level_entries_in_China">Map of sub-provincial level entries in China</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sub-provincial_division&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Map of sub-provincial level entries in China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" align="center" width="80%" style="font-size:100%;"> <caption>Map of Sub-provincial level entries in China </caption> <tbody><tr> <td align="center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Sub-provincial_level_entries_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Map_of_Sub-provincial_level_entries_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.png/700px-Map_of_Sub-provincial_level_entries_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.png" decoding="async" width="700" height="553" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Map_of_Sub-provincial_level_entries_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.png/1050px-Map_of_Sub-provincial_level_entries_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Map_of_Sub-provincial_level_entries_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.png/1400px-Map_of_Sub-provincial_level_entries_in_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.png 2x" data-file-width="6246" data-file-height="4937" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sub-provincial_municipalities">Sub-provincial municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sub-provincial_division&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sub-provincial municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original 16 municipalities were renamed as the sub-provincial municipalities on 25 February 1994 by the <a href="/wiki/Organization_Department_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization Department of the Communist Party of China">Central Organization Committee</a> out of the <a href="/wiki/Prefecture-level_city" title="Prefecture-level city">prefecture-level municipalities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are mostly the <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capitals</a> of the provinces in which they are located. </p><p>Currently, there are 15 sub-provincial municipalities after Chongqing was designated direct-control:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="font-size:100%;" align="center"> <caption>Sub-provincial municipalities of China<sup id="cite_ref-others_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">Division name </th> <th align="left"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a> </th> <th align="left"><a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a> </th> <th align="left"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_China" title="Provinces of China">Province</a> </th> <th align="right">Abbreviation </th> <th align="left">Region </th> <th align="right">Population (<a href="/wiki/Sixth_National_Population_Census_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China">2010 Census</a>) </th> <th align="right">Date of designation </th> <th align="right">Subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Changchun" title="Changchun">Changchun</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%95%BF%E6%98%A5" class="extiw" title="wikt:长春">长春</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Chángchūn </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jilin" title="Jilin">Jilin</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">长</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#9696ff"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_China" title="Northeast China">Northeast</a> </td> <td>7,677,089 </td> <td>1989-02-11 </td> <td>7 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a>, 2 <a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">county municipalities</a> & 1 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">county</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chengdu" title="Chengdu">Chengdu</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%88%90%E9%83%BD" class="extiw" title="wikt:成都">成都</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Chéngdū </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sichuan" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">蓉</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#d16eff"><a href="/wiki/Southwest_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest China">Southwest</a> </td> <td>14,047,625 </td> <td>1989-02-11 </td> <td>11 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a>, 4 <a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">county municipalities</a> & 5 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">counties</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dalian" title="Dalian">Dalian</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%BF%9E" class="extiw" title="wikt:大连">大连</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Dàlián </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Liaoning</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">连（鲲）</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#9696ff"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_China" title="Northeast China">Northeast</a> </td> <td>6,690,432 </td> <td>1984-07-13 </td> <td>7 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a>, 2 <a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">county municipalities</a> & 1 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">county</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guangzhou" title="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B9%BF%E5%B7%9E" class="extiw" title="wikt:广州">广州</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Guǎngzhōu </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">穗</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#fffb91"><a href="/wiki/South_Central_China" title="South Central China">South Central</a> </td> <td>12,700,800 </td> <td>1984-10-05 </td> <td>11 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hangzhou" title="Hangzhou">Hangzhou</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9D%AD%E5%B7%9E" class="extiw" title="wikt:杭州">杭州</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Hángzhōu </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">杭</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#8bffe8"><a href="/wiki/East_China" title="East China">East</a> </td> <td>8,700,400 </td> <td>1994-02-25 </td> <td>10 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a>, 1 <a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">county municipality</a> & 2 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">counties</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harbin" title="Harbin">Harbin</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%93%88%E5%B0%94%E6%BB%A8" class="extiw" title="wikt:哈尔滨">哈尔滨</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Hā'ěrbīn </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heilongjiang" title="Heilongjiang">Heilongjiang</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">哈</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#9696ff"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_China" title="Northeast China">Northeast</a> </td> <td>10,635,971 </td> <td>1984-10-05 </td> <td>9 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a>, 2 <a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">county municipalities</a> & 7 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">counties</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jinan" title="Jinan">Jinan</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B5%8E%E5%8D%97" class="extiw" title="wikt:济南">济南</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Jǐnán </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">济</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#8bffe8"><a href="/wiki/East_China" title="East China">East</a> </td> <td>6,814,000 </td> <td>1994-02-25 </td> <td>7 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a> & 3 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">counties</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%AC" class="extiw" title="wikt:南京">南京</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Nánjīng </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jiangsu" title="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">宁</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#8bffe8"><a href="/wiki/East_China" title="East China">East</a> </td> <td>8,001,680 </td> <td>1989-02-11 </td> <td>11 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ningbo" title="Ningbo">Ningbo</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%81%E6%B3%A2" class="extiw" title="wikt:宁波">宁波</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Níngbō </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">甬</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#8bffe8"><a href="/wiki/East_China" title="East China">East</a> </td> <td>7,605,689 </td> <td>1987-02-24 </td> <td>6 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a>, 2 <a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">county municipalities</a> & 2 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">counties</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qingdao" title="Qingdao">Qingdao</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E5%B2%9B" class="extiw" title="wikt:青岛">青岛</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Qīngdǎo </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">胶</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#8bffe8"><a href="/wiki/East_China" title="East China">East</a> </td> <td>8,715,100 </td> <td>1986-10-15 </td> <td>7 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a> & 3 <a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">county municipalities</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shenyang" title="Shenyang">Shenyang</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B2%88%E9%98%B3" class="extiw" title="wikt:沈阳">沈阳</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Shěnyáng </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Liaoning</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">沈</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#9696ff"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_China" title="Northeast China">Northeast</a> </td> <td>8,106,171 </td> <td>1984-07-11 </td> <td>10 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a>, 1 <a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">county municipality</a> & 2 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">counties</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shenzhen" title="Shenzhen">Shenzhen</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B7%B1%E5%9C%B3" class="extiw" title="wikt:深圳">深圳</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Shēnzhèn </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">深（鹏）</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#fffb91"><a href="/wiki/South_Central_China" title="South Central China">South Central</a> </td> <td>10,357,938 </td> <td>1988-10-03 </td> <td>8 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a> (4 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">new districts</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wuhan" title="Wuhan">Wuhan</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B1%89%E6%AD%A6" class="extiw" title="wikt:汉武">武汉</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Wǔhàn </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">汉</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#fffb91"><a href="/wiki/South_Central_China" title="South Central China">South Central</a> </td> <td>9,785,392 </td> <td>1984-05-21 </td> <td>13 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an" title="Xi'an">Xi'an</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%AE%89" class="extiw" title="wikt:西安">西安</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Xī'ān </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shaanxi" title="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">镐</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ff9148"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest China">Northwest</a> </td> <td>8,467,837 </td> <td>1984-10-05 </td> <td>11 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a> & 2 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">counties</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Xiamen" title="Xiamen">Xiamen</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8E%A6%E9%97%A8" class="extiw" title="wikt:厦门">厦门</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:市">市</a></span></span> </td> <td>Xiàmén </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">Fujian</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-CN">鹭</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#8bffe8"><a href="/wiki/East_China" title="East China">East</a> </td> <td>3,531,347 </td> <td>1988-04-18 </td> <td>6 <a href="/wiki/District_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="District of China">districts</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Chongqing" title="Chongqing">Chongqing</a> was formerly a sub-provincial municipality of <a href="/wiki/Sichuan" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a> until 14 March 1997, when it was made an independent municipality by splitting it out of Sichuan altogether. The <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang_Production_and_Construction_Corps" title="Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps">Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps</a> also has the powers of a sub-provincial division. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chengdu" title="Chengdu">Chengdu</a> is the largest sub-provincial municipality. It has a population exceeding that of the independent municipality of <a href="/wiki/Tianjin" title="Tianjin">Tianjin</a> while both <a href="/wiki/Harbin" title="Harbin">Harbin</a> and Chengdu have a bigger land area than Tianjin. </p><p>In total, there are five sub-provincial municipalities that are not themselves provincial capitals. These five municipalities have been designated as the "<a href="/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_China#List_of_the_Municipalities_with_Independent_Planning_Status" title="List of capitals in China">Municipalities with Independent Planning Status</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">计划单列市</span>; <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">計劃單列市</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Jìhuá Dānliè Shì</span></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sub-provincial_new_areas">Sub-provincial new areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sub-provincial_division&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sub-provincial new areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Additionally, the head of <a href="/wiki/Pudong" title="Pudong">Pudong New Area</a> of <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Binhai" class="mw-redirect" title="Binhai">Binhai New Area</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tianjin" title="Tianjin">Tianjin</a>, which is a <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">county</a>-level <a href="/wiki/District_(China)" class="mw-redirect" title="District (China)">district</a>, is given sub-provincial powers. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="font-size:100%;" align="center"> <caption>Sub-provincial districts of China<sup id="cite_ref-others_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">Division name </th> <th align="left">Simplified Chinese </th> <th align="left">Hanyu Pinyin </th> <th align="left">Municipality </th> <th align="left">Abbreviation </th> <th align="left">Region </th> <th align="right">Population (2010 Census) </th> <th align="right">Date of designation </th> <th align="right">Subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Binhai" class="mw-redirect" title="Binhai">Binhai New Area</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%BB%A8%E6%B5%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:滨海">滨海</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%BA" class="extiw" title="wikt:新区">新区</a></span></span> </td> <td>Bīnhǎi Xīn Qū </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tianjin" title="Tianjin">Tianjin</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans-CN">滨海</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#79ff76"><a href="/wiki/North_China" title="North China">North</a> </td> <td>2,482,065 </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>19 <a href="/wiki/Subdistricts_of_China" title="Subdistricts of China">Subdistricts</a> & 7 <a href="/wiki/Towns_of_China" title="Towns of China">towns</a> (11 special township-level zones) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pudong" title="Pudong">Pudong New Area</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B5%A6%E4%B8%9C" class="extiw" title="wikt:浦东">浦东</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E5%8C%BA" class="extiw" title="wikt:新区">新区</a></span></span> </td> <td>Pǔdōng Xīn Qū </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans-CN">浦东</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#8bffe8"><a href="/wiki/East_China" title="East China">East</a> </td> <td>5,044,430 </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>13 <a href="/wiki/Subdistricts_of_China" title="Subdistricts of China">Subdistricts</a> & 25 <a href="/wiki/Towns_of_China" title="Towns of China">towns</a> (6 special township-level zones) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sub-provincial_autonomous_prefecture">Sub-provincial autonomous prefecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sub-provincial_division&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sub-provincial autonomous prefecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ili_Kazakh_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture">Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture</a> has the two prefectures of <a href="/wiki/Altay_Prefecture" title="Altay Prefecture">Altai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tacheng_Prefecture" title="Tacheng Prefecture">Tacheng</a> and 11 directly-controlled county-level administrative divisions under its jurisdiction. It itself is legally only a prefecture-level division, which is a special case in China's administrative divisions. It is not accurate to regard Ili Kazakh Autonomous Region as a sub-provincial administrative division, which has no legal basis. Up until 2001, the Autonomous Prefecture had a 3rd prefecture as well. The directly controlled subdivisions were administered as part of Ili Prefecture (伊犁地区) </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="font-size:100%;" align="center"> <caption>Sub-provincial autonomous prefecture of China<sup id="cite_ref-others_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">Division name </th> <th align="left">Simplified Chinese </th> <th align="left">Hanyu Pinyin </th> <th align="left">Province </th> <th align="left">Abbreviation </th> <th align="left">Region </th> <th align="right">Population (2010 Census) </th> <th align="right">Date of designation </th> <th align="right">Subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ili_Kazakh_Autonomous_Prefecture" title="Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture">Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E7%8A%81" class="extiw" title="wikt:伊犁">伊犁</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%93%88%E8%90%A8%E5%85%8B" class="extiw" title="wikt:哈萨克">哈萨克</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%B7%9E" class="extiw" title="wikt:自治州">自治州</a></span></span> </td> <td>Yīlí Hāsàkè Zìzhìzhōu </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> </td> <td><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans-CN">伊犁</span></span> </td> <td bgcolor="#ff9148"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest China">Northwest</a> </td> <td>4,305,119 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>(2 <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_China" title="Prefectures of China">prefectures</a>) 5 <a href="/wiki/County-level_city" title="County-level city">county cities</a>, 17 <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_China" title="Counties of China">counties</a> & 2 <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_county" title="Autonomous county">autonomous counties</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sub-provincial_Municipal_Conference">Sub-provincial Municipal Conference</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sub-provincial_division&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sub-provincial Municipal Conference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Joint Conference of Sub-provincial City People's Congress Standing Committee Chairpersons (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans-CN">全国副省级城市人大常委会主任联席会议</span></span>) are attended by the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of all sub-provincial cities. It was proposed by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress in 1985. The conferences: </p> <ol><li>Guangzhou (26 February – 4 March 1985)</li> <li>Harbin (27–31 August 1985)</li> <li>Wuhan (20–24 May 1986)</li> <li>Dalian (10–14 August 1987)</li> <li>Xi'an (9–13 September 1988)</li> <li>Shenyang (13–17 August 1990)</li> <li>Chongqing (22–26 November 1991)</li> <li>Qingdao (3–7 May 1992)</li> <li>Shenzhen (25–28 October 1993)</li> <li>Nanjing (1–4 November 1994)</li> <li>Changchun (21–24 May 1995)</li> <li>Hangzhou (20–24 October 1996)</li> <li>Jinan (19–25 October 1997)</li> <li>Xiamen (12–16 October 1998)</li> <li>Ningbo (17–20 October 1999)</li> <li>Chengdu (10–13 October 2000)</li> <li>Guangzhou (30 October – 3 November 2001)</li> <li>Harbin (23–26 July 2002)</li> <li>Wuhan (8–12 October 2003)</li> <li>Shenyang (31 August – 6 September 2004)</li> <li>Qingdao (6–8 September 2005)</li> <li>Shenzhen (20–23 October 2006)</li> <li>Dalian (14–16 August 2007)</li> <li>Xi'an (13–16 April 2009)</li> <li>Nanjing (18–20 October 2010)</li> <li>Changchun (22–25 August 2011)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sub-provincial_division&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140529084536/http://www.docin.com/p-51864614.html"><bdi lang="zh">中央机构编制委员会印发《关于副省级市若干问题的意见》的通知. 中编发[1995]5号</bdi></a>. 豆丁网. 1995-02-19. 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