Provincial-controlled division

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

• Tianmen
• Xiantao
• Qianjiang
• Shennongjia

Henan

• Jiyuan
• Gongyi
• Ruzhou
• Dengzhou
• Yongcheng
• Huaxian (county)
• Changyuan County
• Lankao County
• Gushi County
• Luyi County
• Xincai County

Xinjiang

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

• Shihezi
• Aral
• Tumxuk
• Wujiaqu
• Beitun
• Tiemenguan
• Shuanghe

Jilin

• Gongzhuling
• Meihekou

Liaoning

• Suizhong County
• Changtu County

Gansu

• Dunhuang
• Yumen

Hebei

• Dingzhou
• Xinji

Heilongjiang

• Suifenhe
• Fuyuan County

Guizhou

• Renhuai
• Weining County (Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous)

Anhui

• Guangde County
• Susong County

Guangxi

• Cenxi
• Guiping
• Pingxiang
• Wuming County
• Liujiang County
• Xing'an County
• Yangshuo County
• Rongxian (county)
• Debao County
• Du'an County(Yao Autonomous)

Jiangsu

• Kunshan
• Taixing
• Shuyang County

Shandong

• Laiyang
• Anqiu
• Rongcheng
• Shanghe County
• Gaoqing County
• Jinxiang County
• Sishui County
• Tancheng County
• Pingyi County
• Ningyang County
• Shenxian (county)
• Guanxian (county)
• Caoxian (county)
• Juancheng County
• Xiajin County
• Qingyun County
• Huimin County
• Yangxin County
• Lijin County
• Juxian (county)

Guangdong

• Shunde District
• Yangchun
• Gaozhou
• Yingde
• Puning
• Luoding
• Nanxiong
• Xingning
• Longchuan County
• Wuhua County
• Boluo County
• Xuwen County
• Raoping County
• Zijin County
• Fengkai County

Jiangxi

• Gongqingcheng
• Ruijin
• Fengcheng
• Poyang County
• Anfu County
• Nancheng County