According to the "Urban Settlement" working paper, "in 1986, to cope with growing administrative demands at the local level, China essentially reclassified counties as cities in order to allow local city governments to control the surrounding areas".
根据“Urban Settlement”工作论文，“1986年，为了应对地方层面日益增长的行政需求，中国基本上将县重新划分成了市，以便让当地市政府控制周边地区”。