Hello, Wuhan and Nanjing are on the same level. They are both sub-provincial cities and their economic strength is very strong.
The administrative level of a sub-provincial city was officially implemented on February 25, 1994. It was formerly a city under separate state planning. The administrative level of the main leading cadres of its party and government agencies is deputy provincial and ministerial level. Facts have proven that designating some cities as sub-provincial cities is not only conducive to accelerating the city's economic and social development, but also is conducive to better exerting the radiating role of central cities.
The positions of secretary of the municipal party committee, director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, mayor, and chairman of the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference of deputy provincial-level cities are listed in the "List of Cadre Positions Managed by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China", and their positions are appointed and removed by the provincial party committee Report to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for approval.
China currently has 15 sub-provincial cities: Guangzhou, Wuhan, Harbin, Shenyang, Chengdu, Nanjing, Xi'an, Changchun, Jinan, Hangzhou, Dalian, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Xiamen, and Ningbo. Among them, Shenzhen, Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, and Xiamen are cities under separate state planning, and the others are all provincial capital cities.
Historical evolution:
On July 22, 1985, the Wage System Reform Group of the State Council issued the "Regarding Guangzhou, Wuhan, Shenyang and other eight cities" based on the spirit of the minutes of the Central Financial and Economic Leading Group meeting. "Notice on the Salary Standards for Administrative Personnel of State Agencies" (Guogong Reform [1985] No. 012), and stipulates that this salary standard only applies to the above 8 cities, and other provincial cities are not allowed to follow this example. Although the upgrade of government agencies in the eight cities has not been officially recognized, due to the increase in the starting salary standard, at the same time, the salary list lists the divisions under the bureaus and the positions of section chiefs under the divisions. In fact, they are divided into commissions, offices, and bureaus. The organizational level of the bureau-level work department has been raised by one level, and a new level has been added at the same time - the division-level organization located between the bureau and the department. Several other cities under separate state planning that enjoy provincial economic management authority, such as Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, Xiamen, Shenzhen, etc., have also successively decided to raise the institutional level of various municipal departments and add an additional institutional level.
In later usage, the name "sub-provincial city" was also used habitually, including in many official occasions. However, as far as the original document of the Central Provincial Office was concerned, "sub-provincial city" " should be the canonical name. Separate planning for large cities under provincial jurisdiction was implemented twice in the mid-1950s and early 1960s, but was canceled shortly after implementation.
On July 2, 1993, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a notice to issue the "Plan on the Reform of Party and Government Institutions" and the "Implementation Opinions on the Plan for the Reform of Party and Government Institutions". The "Plan" stipulates that except for the six non-provincial capital cities of Shenzhen, Chongqing, Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, and Xiamen, which still retain separate planning cities, the remaining provincial capital cities will no longer implement separate planning.
On February 25, 1994, the administrative level of sub-provincial city was officially implemented. Its predecessor was a city with separate state planning and was under the jurisdiction of provincial-level administrative regions. The mayor of a deputy provincial-level city has the same administrative level as the deputy governor. According to the document of the Central Institutional Establishment Committee (Central Edition [1994] No. 1) on February 25, 1994, the original 14 cities under independent planning (Chongqing, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Harbin, Shenyang, Chengdu, Nanjing, Xi'an, Changchun, Dalian, Qingdao The administrative level of government agencies in 16 cities including Shenzhen, Xiamen, Ningbo) and Jinan and Hangzhou is designated as sub-provincial level.
In May 1994, as approved by the 6th meeting of the Central Institutional Establishment Committee and approved by the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, it was decided to separate the original 14 planned cities and 2 Jinan and Hangzhou. The city was officially designated as a sub-provincial city, and the separate planning system of some cities was cancelled. Determining cities under separate state planning as sub-provincial cities strengthens the status and role of provincial agencies in overall planning and coordination, and reduces conflicts and disputes caused by unclear division of powers between provinces and cities under separate state planning. Sub-provincial cities that still implement separate plans will continue to enjoy the original management authority in accordance with relevant regulations; those that no longer implement separate plans, the original authority granted by the central government will not be changed in principle; for those that were not originally planned separately, their authority needs to be Any adjustments or changes shall be determined after consultation between the province where the province is located and the relevant central departments.
In 1995, the Central Institutional Establishment Committee issued a notice "Opinions on Several Issues Concerning Sub-provincial Cities" (Zhongbianfa [1995] No. 5), which clearly designated the aforementioned 16 cities as "sub-provincial cities." "Cities", but they are still municipalities under the jurisdiction of provinces and are led by the provincial party committee and provincial government of the province where they are located.
In 1997, after Chongqing was restored to a municipality directly under the central government, the number of sub-provincial cities was reduced to 15.