County-level city: the name of the administrative division of mainland China, the administrative status of the same county-level administrative district as the county - city (city). The Constitution refers to the "city without districts (municipal districts)", mainly refers to the county-level cities, but some prefecture-level cities are also cities without districts, without districts, there are four prefecture-level cities: Zhongshan City, Dongguan City, Sanya City, Jiayuguan City. County-level cities are local administrative units established by provinces, autonomous regions or autonomous states; the term "county-level city" has been officially fixed as a zoning term since 1983. In mainland China, with the development of industrialization since the 1980s, the pace of urbanization has been faster, and most "cities" have been established by abolishing counties and setting up cities. In Taiwan, there exists a type of administrative unit under the jurisdiction of the county, the county municipality.
Prefecture-level city: the administrative level equivalent to the region, autonomous state level city. Prefectural municipalities, divided into municipal districts and counties, autonomous counties, flags, autonomous flags, often in charge of the county-level cities, the formation of "municipal cities", causing a great deal of controversy. Prefecture-level cities to accept the direct leadership and jurisdiction of the provincial and autonomous regional governments, generally for the district of the city, such as Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, etc.! Thanks ah ！！！！