The deputy ministerial level is equivalent to the deputy of the central ministries and commissions, the deputy and secretary-general of four teams of party committees, people's congresses, governments and CPPCC in provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, the full-time positions of four teams of party committees, people's congresses, governments and CPPCC in sub-provincial cities such as Hangzhou, Jinan and Xiamen, the head of the administration and party affairs of central enterprises, and the deputy commander-in-chief officer of ordinary troops.

The secretary of the municipal party committee of a vice-ministerial city is generally a vice-ministerial city, and is also a state-level city with separate plans and a provincial capital city that is not a municipality directly under the Central Government. * * There are 15 cities, including 18 provincial capitals and 5 cities under separate state planning, namely Shenyang, Changchun, Harbin, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Jinan, Hangzhou, Xi 'an, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Xiamen.