If it is a member of the Standing Committee of the provincial municipal party committee, it is generally equivalent to the provincial or ministerial level or vice governor level. If it is a prefecture-level city, the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee is equivalent to the level of director or deputy director.

Lishui, formerly known as Chuzhou, is a prefecture-level city with the largest land area under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Province. It is located in the southwest of Zhejiang Province, bordering Wenzhou in the southeast, Nanping and Ningde in Fujian Province in the southwest, Quzhou in the northwest, Jinhua in the north and Taizhou in the northeast.