Provincial-controlled division

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Administrative divisions of China
Province-level (1st)Municipalities Provinces Autonomous regions Special administrative regions
Sub-provincial level Sub-provincial cities Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Sub-provincial city districts
Prefecture-level (2nd)Prefectural cities Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures (abolishing)
Sub-prefectural-level Sub-prefectural cities Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Provincial-controlled districts
County level (3rd)Counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts (obsolete)
Analogous county level unitsManagement areas Management committee
Township level (4th)Townships Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city (pilot)
Analogous township level unitsManagement areas Management committee Areas Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc.
Village level (5th)(Grassroots Autonomous Organizations) Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Residential Committees
OthersRegions Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National central cities Special Economic Zones
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes
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Administrative divisions
of China

Province-level (1st)Municipalities

Provinces

Autonomous regions

Special administrative regions

Sub-provincial level Sub-provincial cities

Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures

Sub-provincial city districts

Prefecture-level (2nd)Prefectural cities

Autonomous prefectures

Leagues (Aimag)
(abolishing)

Prefectures

(abolishing)

Sub-prefectural-level Sub-prefectural cities

Provincial-controlled cities

Provincial-controlled counties

Provincial-controlled districts

County level (3rd)Counties

Autonomous counties

County-level cities

Districts
Ethnic districts

Banners (Hoxu)
Autonomous banners

Shennongjia Forestry District

Liuzhi Special District

Wolong Special Administrative Region

Workers and peasants districts

(obsolete)

Analogous county level unitsManagement areas
Management committee

Township level (4th)Townships

Ethnic townships

Towns

Subdistricts
Subdistrict bureaux

Sum

Ethnic sum

County-controlled districts
County-controlled district bureaux
(obsolete)

Management committees

Town-level city

(pilot)

Analogous township level unitsManagement areas
Management committee

Areas

Farms area (Overseas Chinese Farm Region [zh]), Prison area, University towns, etc.

Village level (5th)(Grassroots Autonomous Organizations)

Villages · Gaqa · Ranches
Village Committees

Communities

Residential Committees

OthersRegions

Capital cities

New areas

Autonomous administrative divisions

National central cities

Special Economic Zones

History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present

Administrative division codes

A provincial-controlled division (Chinese: 省直辖县级行政区; pinyin: shěng zhíxiá xiàn jí xíngzhèngqū), 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.

List of provincial-controlled divisions

Hubei

Henan

Xinjiang

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

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