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PRC divisions levels A sub-provincial city (副省级城市), or vice-provincial city, in the People's Republic of China, is a prefecture-level city that is ruled by a province of China|province, but is administered independently in regard to Economics|economy and law. The mayor of a sub-provincial city is equal in status to a vice-governor of a province. Its status is below that of a municipality of China|municipality, which do not belong to any province, but above other, regular prefecture-level cities, which are completely ruled by their provinces. The original 16 sub-provincial cities were created in on February 25, 1994 by the Central Organization Committee out of prefecture-level cities. They are sometimes the capitals of the provinces they are in. Presently, there are 15 sub-provincial cities:
Chongqing was formerly a sub-provincial city of Sichuan until 1997, when it was made a municipality by splitting it out of Sichuan altogether. Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps also has the powers of a sub-provincial city. Harbin and Chengdu are the largest sub-provincial cities; each has a population exceeding that of the municipality of Tianjin. The National Standing Committee of Sub-provincial Municipal People's Congresses' Chairmen Joint Conference (全国副省级城市人大常委会主任联席会议) are attended by the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of all sub-provincial cities. It was proposed by Guangzhou Municipal People's Congress in 1985. The conferences:
category:Sub-provincial cities| This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sub-provincial city".
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