1. People's Republic of China (PRC) (China) has four municipalities directly under the central government, namely, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing. General municipal party secretary is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, a deputy national cadre.

2. Party secretaries of other prefecture-level cities are all at the main hall level.

In a word, the level of the party secretary depends on the level of his administrative division, and the position and level of the party secretary at different administrative levels will be different.