Chongqing is a municipality directly under the central government and Meishan is also a city, but there are differences in administrative divisions between them. Chongqing belongs to the municipality directly under the central government of the provincial administrative region, while Meishan belongs to the prefecture-level city of the prefecture-level administrative region.

1. The municipality directly under the Central Government is an administrative division of China, which has the same administrative status as provinces, autonomous regions and special administrative regions. It is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC) (China) and an established city directly under the Central People's Government.

2. Prefecture-level cities are one of the administrative divisions of China, and they have the same administrative status as regions, autonomous prefectures and leagues. It belongs to a prefecture-level administrative region, and it is a city with the same organizational system as the region, which is under the jurisdiction of provinces and autonomous regions.

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Shanghai used to be under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, Tianjin was under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, Chongqing was under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, and Hong Kong was under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. They can be directly under the jurisdiction because their position in the province has surpassed that of the capital, and their position in the whole country is very important.

Beijing can become a municipality directly under the central government mainly for historical reasons. Therefore, if you want to become a municipality directly under the central government, you must have a long history, superior economic, cultural and demographic strength, and a good geographical location.

Many cities seek to become municipalities directly under the central government in order to gain more autonomy and throw away the heavy burden of development (backward areas), so the goal of "establishing municipalities directly under the central government is to quickly promote and stimulate the economic and social development of one side" is very clear.

People's Daily Online-About Chinese Municipalities

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