The secretary of the municipal party committee, the director of the municipal people's congress, the mayor and the chairman of the CPPCC in sub-provincial cities are all deputy ministerial level, and the deputy is the main department level. There are only 15 sub-provincial cities with deputy provincial party secretaries and mayors. The 15 cities are Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Jinan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Xi, Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, Xiamen and Shenzhen.

The deputy mayor of a sub-provincial city is the principal at the bureau level; The deputy mayor of a prefecture-level city is a deputy at the bureau level; The deputy mayor of a county-level city is a deputy at the county level; The deputy mayor of a municipality directly under the Central Government is a deputy at the provincial and ministerial levels.

The administrative level of a city can be divided into three different situations: municipalities directly under the central government, sub-provincial cities, prefecture-level cities and county-level cities.

The levels of leadership positions are divided into: national chief, national deputy, provincial chief, provincial deputy, bureau chief, bureau deputy, county deputy, county deputy, township deputy and township deputy.

Executive Vice Mayor, the official name of China, belongs to the people's government of the province and city where he lives. Executive vice mayor generally enters the municipal party Committee and serves as the standing Committee member.

The executive deputy mayor is responsible for the daily work of the municipal government, acting as the mayor's authority during the absence or absence of the mayor, and being responsible for the important departments and macro-economic parts in the daily division of labor.

Such as finance, statistics, public security and municipal construction. Or in charge of industry, domestic trade, transportation, public security, justice, letters and visits, production safety and government legal work. The executive vice mayor generally serves as the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, and the division of labor in the Municipal Party Committee is to assist the mayor in presiding over the daily affairs of the municipal government and in charge of relevant important departments.

I. Comparison of functions and powers

From the perspective of authority, the executive vice mayor is in charge of the city's affairs or important affairs, while the deputy secretary of the municipal party Committee is only responsible for the work of the municipal party Committee, if not the mayor. In terms of jurisdiction, the executive vice mayor can have a wide range of jurisdiction.

Second, the level comparison

Executive vice mayor and deputy secretary of municipal party Committee are generally equal, while in municipal party Committee, executive vice mayor generally serves as the standing Committee of municipal party Committee, and the standing Committee of municipal party Committee where executive vice mayor is located is smaller than the deputy secretary of municipal party Committee.

Third, the comparison of promotion.

The deputy secretary of the municipal party Committee and the mayor are generally promoted to secretary of the municipal party Committee or transferred to a higher level department as leaders. Deputy secretary of the municipal party Committee and not as mayor, generally promoted to deputy secretary of the municipal party Committee and part-time mayor.

Executive vice mayors are generally promoted as deputy secretaries of municipal committees or transferred to higher-level leading cadres, but some executive vice mayors are elected as mayors.

Legal basis:

Article 18 of the Civil Servant Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the state implements a parallel system of civil servants' positions and ranks, and sets the sequence of civil servants' leadership positions and ranks according to their positions and responsibilities. The leadership positions of civil servants are set according to the Constitution, relevant laws and institutional norms.

The levels of leadership positions are divided into: national chief, national deputy, provincial chief, provincial deputy, bureau chief, bureau deputy, county deputy, county deputy, township deputy and township deputy.