According to the administrative divisions of China, there are three levels of cities, namely direct-administered municipalities (直辖市), prefecture-level cities (地级市), and county-level cities (县级市). The Special Administrative Regions (特别行政区) of Hong Kong and Macau are not included in this administrative classification.
Municipalities and prefecture-level cities are not each a 'city' in the strictest sense of the term, bu…