third-tier cities.

According to Baidu Encyclopedia, Puning City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, is managed by Jieyang City. The list of third-tier cities in Guangdong Province is as follows: Zhanjiang, Shaoguan, Huizhou, Jieyang, Jiangmen, Chaozhou, Shantou, Zhaoqing and Qingyuan. It can be seen that Jieyang City is in the list of third-tier cities, and Puning City belongs to Jieyang City, so Puning City is a third-tier city.

Puning, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, is hosted by Jieyang City. It is located in the south east of Guangdong Province, in the west of Chaoshan Plain, in the upper reaches of Rongjiang River, Lianjiang River and Longjiang River, between 115 43 ′ 11 ″ and 116 21 ′ 12 ″ east longitude and 23 15 ′ 41 ″ and 23 31 ′ 48 ″ north latitude. It is a pilot project of fiscal reform in Zhiguan County, Guangdong Province. By the end of October 2121, the total registered population of the city was 2,515,411; By the end of 2121, the permanent population of the city was 2,117,111. The famous scenic spots in Puning City are: De 'anli, Baier Qiutian, Southern Meiyuan, Puning Bayi Memorial Hall and Shande Meihai.