The district head is the leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) (China) District People's Government and is elected and removed by the District People's Congress. There are many kinds and levels of district leaders. The district head of a county-level unit is equivalent to the county magistrate, lower than the mayor (prefecture-level city) and higher than the township head (mayor). In China, the district head is actually the second-in-command of a district, second only to the district party secretary, usually the deputy secretary of the district party committee. Wang Ping, deputy secretary of Huashan District Committee of Maanshan City and district head of Huashan District.