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	County-level city - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To distinguish a "county-level city" from its actual urban area (the traditional meaning of the word " city "), the term 市区 shìqū, or "urban area", is used.
		A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin : xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China.
		A sub-prefecture-level city is a county-level city with powers approaching those of prefecture-level cities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/county-level_cities

	Political divisions of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		County-level cities (县级市 xiànjíshì) are, like prefecture-level cities, not " cities " in the traditional sense of the word, since they are actually large administrative regions that cover both urban and rural areas.
		The abolishment of district public offices is an ongoing reform to remove an extra level of administration from between the county and township levels.
		These cities are known as sub-prefecture-level cities (副地级市 fùdìjíshì), meaning that they are given a level of power higher than a county, but still lower than a prefecture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_divisions_of_China

	Sub-provincial city - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The mayor of a sub-provincial city is equal in status to a vice-governor of a province.
		prefecture-level cities, which are completely ruled by their provinces.
		A sub-provincial city (副省级城市), or vice-provincial city, in the
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sub-provincial_cities

	Cities better planned, ecologically sound
		The ministry's statistics show that from 1978 to 2003, the level of urbanization in China increased from 17.92 per cent to 39.1 per cent.
		By the end of 2003, there were 660 cities and 20,600 towns in China with a combined population of 502 million.
		Growing Chinese cities are becoming rationally planned and ecologically sound, the government said.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-06/15/content_339666.htm

	DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY_ China to Build 20 New Cities Every Year
		The article points out that more cities should be set up in the country's central and western areas, which is the requirement of future and nationwide city layout planning.
		Only counties with more than 50 percent urban residents can be approved as cities.
		Stress should be given to large and medium-sized cities with obvious regional and infrastructure advantages.
	www.chinagate.com.cn /english/2283.htm

	Documentation
		[15] It is important to note that districts within large cities also rank as county-level units, but that the yearbooks that included statistics for the county-level units in a particular province did not always include statistics for the districts within a city, although statistics for the city as a whole are available.
		Huibin Cai, all the statistics for the county level units to be found in the provincial statistical yearbooks for the years 1990 and 1991 (i.e., the statistics in the 1991 and 1992 yearbooks, respectively) have now been entered.
		The concluding section presents a rather personal evaluation of the county- level data that was entered into the CITAS China GIS from the provincial statistical yearbooks.
	citas.csde.washington.edu /data/provyrbk/yrbkdoc.htm

	S.China Cities Expand to Meet Development Plans
		Ten of Guangdong's 33 county-level cities have become urban districts of other larger cities in the past couple of years, said a local official in charge of construction.
		In the latest move, Huiyang City was turned into a district under its jurisdiction of Huizhou city to facilitate the quick construction of a petrochemical project by Royal-Dutch/Shell Groupand China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the official said.
		Inclusion of Nansha into Guangzhou's southward urban expansion plan will double the area of Guangzhou's present urban districts and turn Guangzhou into an even larger city which sits on both an inland river and the coast and has a population of over 10 million.
	ce.cei.gov.cn /enew/new_h1/f100hcn5.htm

	Heilongjiang
		The 13 prefecture-level divisions of Heilongjiang are subdivided into 130 county-level divisions (65 districtss, 19 county-level cities, 45 counties, and 1 autonomous county).
		Jingbo Lake, found in Ning'an County, is a section of the Mudan river that has been narrowed and shaped by volcanic eruption into a series of sights, including the Diaoshuilou Falls.
		Heilongjiang was the first complete province to be controlled by the Chinese cocmmunists, Harbin the first major city.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/heilongjiang

	ipedia.com: Fujian Article
		The county-level cities are controlled by the regional municipalities on behalf of the province.
		The prefecture-level cities are subdivided into 14 county-level cities, 27 districts and 45 counties.
		It is a tough challenge for the government at all levels to sustain the development at the same time to preserve the unique and vital natural and cultural heritage of Fujian.
	www.ipedia.com /fujian.html

	China - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
		Recent divisions also include prefecture-level cities, county-level cities, town s and township s.
		Those who passed the highest level of the exam became elite scholar-officials known as jinshi, a highly esteemed position.
		Below that, there have been prefecture s, subprefecture s, department s, commanderies, district s, and counties.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /china.htm

	The Great Wall Online
		Under these cities are 172 counties (county level cities and districts), including 108 counties, 6 autonomous counties of minority nationalities, 22 county level cities, and 36 city districts.
		Under the counties are 1968 towns and townships (933 towns, 1,035 townships), consisting of 49,824 villagers¡¯ committees and 2,824 city residents¡¯ committees.
		In February 1958 the city of Tianjin was incorporated into Hebei Province, and the capital was moved to Tianjin.
	www.hebei.com.cn /node2/english/jbmm/userobject1ai210697.html

	Top retailers expand
		"Such a management model will facilitate our business expansion from provincial capital cities to county-level cities and towns," Wang said.
		Their success is due to the fact that when they entered the smaller cities, the market was immature, with huge development potential and fewer competitive traditional sellers.
		Having experienced rapid growth in China's major big cities, domestic home appliance chains are now spreading the fierce competition into a new battlefield -- the nation's small and medium-sized cities and towns.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-02/03/content_414684.htm

	Travel To China - Chongqing
		The municipality is divided in to 40 county-level subdivisions (3 were abolished since 1997): 15 districts, 4 county-level cities, and 21 counties.
		For three years, Chongqing had been a sub-provincial city of Sichuan Province, until March 14, 1997, as decided in the Eighth National People's Congress, the original Chongqing City was merged with the neighbouring Fuling, Wanxian, and Qianjiang that had been governed by Chongqing City on behalf of the province since September of the previous year.
		The city centre (??) consists of the districts of Jiangbei, Shapingba, Jiulongpo, Dadukou, and Yuzhong.
	www.goingtochina.com /cities/Chongqing.htm

	People's Daily Online -- Slate for China's top economically dynamic cities released
		Since July when the City China Activities officially started the organizing committee selected 20 candidates from 280 Chinese cities of prefecture level or above (excluding municipalities directly under the State Council and county level cities) for final consideration.
		The 2004 CCTV City China Activities are continuing and the organizing committee released the candidate list for China's Top Ten Economically Dynamic Cities Sunday.
		The committee will finally determine on ten top economically dynamic cities, city of the year and single prizes among these cities.
	english.people.com.cn /200410/11/print20041011_159758.html

	Three new cities established in Xinjiang
		The county-level cities of Tumushuke, Alar and Wujiaqu are under the jurisdiction of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, which was organized in 1954 to strengthen the country's northwestern frontier and promote local economic development.
		Wujiaqu City is located on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, on the southern rim of the Junggar Basin, about 35 km away from Xinjiang's capital of Urumqi.
		The establishment of the three cities is a remarkable event which will help boost the region's economy and social stability, said Ma Dazheng, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200401/19/eng20040119_133001.shtml

	Travel To China - Dalian
		In 1937, the modern Dalian City was enlarged and modernized by the Japanese as two cities: the northern Dairen (Dalian) and the southern Ryojun (Lushun).
		Dalian is a sister city of Le Havre, France and of Glasgow, Scotland.
		The city's name was changed from Lüda to Dalian on March 5, 1981, after the State Council approved it on February 9.
	www.goingtochina.com /cities/Dalian.htm

	Dongguan recognized as China's most charming city - Dongguan News - Cities & Towns - Newsgd
		CCTV has evaluated over 600 county-level cities and only 10 were awarded the title.
		The other nine cities are Quanzhou city in Fujian province, Dali in Yunnan province, Sanya in Hainan province, Kunshan in Jiangsu province, Yantai in Shandong province, Dujiangyan in Sichuan province, Shaoxing in Zhejiang province, Guilin in Guangxi province and Luoyang in Henan province.
		Criteria for this selection include whether the city has a scientific urban development plan, a dynamic economy, an innovative city construction design, a nice environment, a long cultural history and an aspiring spirit.
	www.newsgd.com /citiesandtowns/dongguan/news/200409200045.htm

	ÄÏ·½Íø£ºGreenest county-level city---Conghua(Mar. 19)
		The city ranked first in a comprehensive environment assessment in the year 2000 among thirty-three county-level cities in Guangdong.
		Conghua is aiming to become a state green city in 2004, a garden city in 2006 and to win the National Human Habitat Award in 2010.
		Conghua city has increased its ecological parks almost three times in recent years in trying to create a green environment.
	www.newsgd.com /english/features/environment/awards/200203190263.htm

	People's Daily Online -- Shanghai, Beijing ranked 1st, 2nd in comprehensive strength
		There are altogether 660 organic cities in China, of which 4 are municipal cities directly under the State Council, 15 are sub-provincial level cities (cities with separate planning), 267 are prefecture-level cities and 374 are county-level cities.
		The statistics released by the NBS reflect the development level of a city in a comprehensive way and provide cities with data support in their objective self-assessment and scientific decision making.
		The top ten cities in this comprehensive strength assessment are: Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Nanjing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Shenyang and Harbin.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200411/01/eng20041101_162357.html

	China Tourist Cities
		The city is the famous land of waters and rivers in Jiangnan or the south of Yangtze River with 42.5% of the whole area covered with water.
		Its geographic position is 30°47′-32°02′north latitude, 119°55′-121°20′ east longitude Adjoining Shanghai City to the east, Wuxi City to the west, Zhejiang Province to the south and facing the Yangtze River to the north in covers an area of 8,488.42 square kilometers, 8.27% of the whole province.
		The city proper covers 392 square kilometers, among which 74 square kilometers is the newly added district of the city, 14.2 square kilometers is the old city.
	www.asia-planet.net /china/suzhou.htm

	Yantai : Chefoo
		Yantai City also administers on behalf (代管) of 7 county-level cities:
		The region was inhibited by the non- Han people of the Eastern Yi (東夷), who were believed to have established a small state during the Xia Dynasty in present-day Laizhou City in Yantai.
		Reflecting on a Ming beacon constructed on Zhifu Island, "Yantai" means "Smoke Tower".
	www.eurofreehost.com /ch/Chefoo_2.html

	UTStarcom Signs (.7 Million Contract With China Netcom For PAS Deployments in 28 Cities in Henan Province
		"In addition to deploying PAS in metropolitan cities such as Beijing and Guangzhou, we are experiencing another trend as county-level cities deploy PAS and iPAS systems," said Ying Wu, chief executive officer of UTStarcom China.
		As a result of China's urbanization process, UTStarcom is seeing a trend this year in the expansion of PAS deployments to suburban areas that surround major cities.
		China's urbanization process will add 10,000 small cities and towns in the next 10 to 15 years, increasing China's current urban population-30 percent of the total population-to approximately 50 percent in the next two decades."
	www.forrelease.com /D20030619/sfth033.P1.06192003023128.08749.html

	Tibet to Build More Cities; Official Forecasts Increase in Lhasa Population
		seven county-level cities over the next decade, according to a leading
		He said that long-term construction plans for most county towns and cities
		Xigaze [Shigatse] City will concentrate on protecting historical sites and
	www.tibet.ca /wtnarchive/1996/6/4_6.html

	Key Cities of the Pearl River Delta (tdctrade.com)
		Key Cities of the Pearl River Delta (tdctrade.com)
	www.hktrader.net /common/PRD_map.htm

	County-level city - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin : xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China.
		To distinguish a "county-level city" from its actual urban area (the traditional meaning of the word " city "), the term 市区 shìqū, or "urban area", is used.
		A sub-prefecture-level city is a county-level city with powers approaching those of prefecture-level cities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/County-level_city

	Hubei - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Hubei is divided into 13 prefecture-level divisions (of which there are 12 prefecture-level cities and 1 autonomous prefecture), as well as 3 directly administered county-level cities and 1 directly administered county-level forestry area.
		The 13 prefecture-level divisions and 4 directly administered county-level divisions of Hubei are subdivided into 102 county-level divisions (38 districts, 24 county-level cities, 37 counties, 2 autonomous counties, 1 forestry area; the directly administered county-level divisions are included here).
		The 3 directly administered county-level cities are more accurately described as sub-prefecture-level cities :
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Hubei

	District of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the same time, counties and county-level cities began to be replaced with districts, especially after 1990.
		These cities are subdivided into districts, counties, autonomous counties, and county-level cities.
		These have status equal to a county, and are hence called "county level".
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/District_of_China (644 words)

	Political divisions of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was popular for counties to become county-level cities in the 1990s, though this has since been halted.
		The Republic of China streamlined the levels to just provinces and counties, and made the first attempt to extend political administration beyond the county level by establishing townships below counties.
		However, the constitution does allow for some cities, which are a constitutionally guaranteed level of administration, to be "prefecture-level" (in the sense that they can take surrounding counties under them), though the original intention was likely to have just a few very large cities in each province be
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_divisions_of_China (644 words)

	Wikipedia free encyclopedia
		Outside these official numbers, there are also county-level cities and county-level districts that, upon their creation, were specified to enjoy the same rights as regular autonomous entities.
		Autonomous counties ( Chinese : 自治县; pinyin : zìzhìxiàn), at the county level
		At first, the nomenclature of these autonomous entities were somewhat confused, with autonomous regions appearing at the province, prefecture, county, and township levels.
	recipes.paellaman.com /encyclopedia.php?title=Autonomous_region_of_China (644 words)

	County-controlled city - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A county-controlled city (縣轄市) is one of the 32 cities in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China administered under one of the 16 counties of the Republic of China.
		In contrast, the counties under the People's Republic of China cannot administer cities (but since it has prefecture-level city absent in ROC, it still has 3 kinds of cities as well).
		On the same level as a ROC township, it is the lowest-level city of ROC, below provincial and direct-control municipality.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/County-controlled_city (251 words)

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