The political status of Chinese cities determines everything !!!

First Political grade: six provincial cities (including municipalities and Special Administrative Regions)

Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Macao Special Administrative Region

Second political level: 15 sub-provincial cities (including five cities with individual plans)

Shenyang City, Dalian City (Plan Single Column), Changchun City, Harbin City, Jinan City, Qingdao City (Plan Single Column), Xi'an City, Nanjing City, Hangzhou City, Ningbo City (Plan Single Column), Xiamen City (Plan Single Column), Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen City (planned separately), Chengdu

Third political grade: 20 provincial capitals and 20 Special Economic Zones

Shijiazhuang, Hohhot, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, Lanzhou, Xining, Yinchuan, Urumqi, Hefei, Fuzhou,Nanchang CityChangsha city, Shantou City (Special Economic Zone City), Zhuhai City (Special Economic Zone City), Haikou City, Sanya City (Special Economic Zone City), Nanning City, Guiyang City, Kunming City, Lhasa City

Fourth political level: major cities in coastal open cities and Economic Development Zones (the preferential economic development zones include the Tang region, the Yangtze River Delta Region, the southern Triangle region, and the Pearl River Delta Region)
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Tangshan City, Qinhuangdao City (coastal open), Yantai City (coastal open), Lianyungang City (coastal open), Nantong City (coastal open) yangzhou City, Zhenjiang City, Changzhou City, Wuxi City, Suzhou City, Jiaxing city, Huzhou City, Shaoxing City, Wenzhou City (available along the coast), Quanzhou City, Dongguan City, Huizhou City, Foshan City, Zhongshan City, Zhanjiang city (available along the coast) beihai City (available along the coast)

Fifth political level: 20 non-main cities with a population greater than 1 million in urban areas with preferential economic development
Handan City (millions of people), Anshan City (millions of people), Fushun city (millions of people), Jilin City (millions of people), Qiqihar City (millions of people), Baotou City (millions of people) datong City (millions of people), Luoyang City (millions of people), Zibo City (millions of people), Weihai City, Wuhu City, Maanshan City, Xuzhou City (millions of people) taizhou, Jinhua, Zhoushan, Taizhou, Putian, Zhangzhou, Jiangmen

Sixth political grade: 52 coastal port cities and national historical and cultural cities
Cangzhou City, Baoding City (historical culture), Chengde City (historical culture), Dandong City, Yingkou City, Jinzhou City, Huludao City, Kaifeng City (historical culture), Anyang city (historical culture), Puyang City (Historical Culture) shangqiu City (historical culture), Nanyang City (historical culture), tai'an City (historical culture), Liaocheng City (historical culture), Dongying City, Weifang city, Rizhao City, Xianyang City (Historical Culture) hanzhong City (historical culture), yan'an City (historical culture), Yulin City (historical culture), Tianshui City (historical culture), Wuwei City (historical culture), Changzhi City (Historical Culture) bozhou city (historical culture), Anqing City (historical culture), Huai 'an city (historical culture), Yancheng City, Quzhou City (historical culture), Ningde City,Jingdezhen City (historical culture) and Ganzhou City (Historical Culture)Xiangfan City (historical culture), Suizhou City (historical culture), Jingzhou City (historical culture), Yueyang City (historical culture), Meizhou City (historical culture), Chaozhou City (Historical Culture) shanwei City, Zhaoqing City (historical culture), Yangjiang City, Maoming City, Guilin City (historical culture), Liuzhou City (historical culture), Qinzhou city, Fangchenggang city, Zunyi City (historical culture), Luzhou city (Historical Culture) yibin City (historical culture), Zigong City (historical culture), Leshan City (historical culture), Lijiang City (Historical Culture)

Seventh political grade: 54 key economic cities, national tourist cities, and important railway transportation hubs in each province

Langfang City, Hengshui City (railway transportation hub), Liaoyang city, Benxi City, Panjin City, Tonghua City, Daqing City, Mudanjiang city, Jiamusi city, Heihe city, Yichun City, Hulunbeier City, Tongliao City (Railway Transportation Hub) wulanchabu City (railway transportation hub), Erdos city, Jinzhong City (famous tourist city), Changzhi City, Xinxiang City, Jiaozuo City, Pingdingshan City, Luohe City (railway transportation hub), Dezhou City (Railway Transportation Hub) linyi City, Jining city, Baoji City (railway transportation hub), Jiayuguan city, Jiuquan City, Karamay city, Fuyang City (railway transportation hub), Bengbu City (railway transportation hub), Huainan city, Huangshan city (famous tourist city) nanping city (famous tourist city ),Yingtan City (railway transportation hub) and Jiujiang City (famous tourist city)), Huangshi city, Shiyan city, Yichang City (famous tourist city), Zhuzhou city (railway transportation hub), Xiangtan city, Changde City, Hengyang City (railway transportation hub), Chenzhou City (famous tourist city) huaiHua City (railway transportation hub), Zhangjiajie City (famous tourist city), Shaoguan City, Wuzhou City, Anshun City (famous tourist city), Mianyang City, Panzhihua City

Eighth political grade: 101 prefecture-level cities without any political status
Zhangjiakou, Xingtai City, Chaoyang City, Fuxin City, Tieling City, Siping City, Liaoyuan City, Baishan city, songsong city, Baicheng City, Suihua City, Jixi City, Qitaihe city, Shuangyashan city, Hegang city, Chifeng City, Zhangye City, Wuhai City, shuzhou City, yangquan City, Jincheng City, Luliang city, Linfen city, Yuncheng City, hebi city, Sanmenxia City, xuchang city, Zhoukou City, Zhumadian City, Xinyang City, Binzhou City, Laiwu City, Zaozhuang city, Heze city, AnKang City, Shangluo City, Weinan city, Tongchuan City, Qingyang City pingliang city, Longnan city, Dingxi city, Baiyin City, Jinchang city, Shizuishan city, wuzhong city, guzhi city, Zhongwei city, Lu 'an city, Huai 'an city, Suzhou City, Chuzhou city, Chaohu City, Tongling City, Chizhou city, xuancheng city, Suqian City, Lishui City, sanming City, Longyan city,Shangrao City, Fuzhou City, Yichun City, Xinyu city, Pingxiang City, Ji 'an cityHuanggang, Ezhou, Xianning, Xiaogan, Jingmen, Yiyang, loudi, Shaoyang, Yongzhou, Jieyang, Heyuan, Qingyuan, yunfu, Hezhou, Guigang, Yulin, Laibin, chongzuo, Baise, and Hechi liupanshui city, guang'an city, dazhou city, Bazhong City, Suining city, Ziyang city, Guangyuan City, Meishan City, ya'an city, Qujing City, Zhaotong City, Baoshan City, Lincang City, Changzhi City

Ninth political grade: 100 well-known and economically developed counties
Paju city, Haicheng City, Yanji City, Hunchun city, Ji 'an city (national cultural and historical cities), Suifenhe city, manzhouli city, Jiyuan City, DengFeng city (tourist city), Gongyi City, Qingzhou city, Jiaozhou city, jimo city, Penglai City) longkou City, Wendeng City, Rongcheng city, Qufu City (National Historical and Cultural City), Zou City (National Historical and Cultural City), Yanzhou city, Tengzhou City, Han City (National Historical and Cultural City), and Dunhuang City (National Historical and Cultural City) gulmu city, Turpan city (famous tourist city), Hami City, Kurle city, Shihezi City, Yining city, TA city, and Kashgar City (National Historical and Cultural City) tongcheng city, haimen city, Qidong City, Jingjiang City, taixing city, Yizheng City, Danyang City, Jiangyin City, Yixing City, Zhangjiagang City, Changshu City (National Historical and Cultural City) kunshan City, Taicang city, Wujiang city, Haining City, Fuyang City, jiande city, Yiwu city, Dongyang City, Yongkang City, Zhuji City, Shangyu City, Shengzhou city, Yuyao City, Cixi City, FengHua city, Linhai City (National Historical and Cultural City) wenling City, Yueqing City, Ruian City, Changle city, Fuqing City, Jinjiang City, Shi city, Nan 'an city, Wuyishan City (famous tourist city), camphor city, Jinggang City (famous tourist city), Ruijin city, Xiantao city, Tianmen City, Qianjiang city, Zhongxiang City (national cultural and historical cities), Liuyang City, Shaoshan City (tourist city) jishou city, Yingde City, zengcheng city, heshan city, Taishan City, Kaiping city, Leizhou City (National Historical and Cultural City), Shengzhou city, Qionghai City, Wanning City, dongfang city, Dongxing city, Guiping city (famous tourist city) duyun City, Chishui City (famous tourist city), Jinzhong City (National Historical and Cultural City), Jiangyou City, Dujiangyan City (National Historical and Cultural City), Xichang City, gejiu city, Dali City (National Historical and Cultural City) ruili City, Jinghong city (famous tourist city), Shigatse City (National Historical and Cultural City)

Tenth political level: Other Counties