Shishi () is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative divi ...

under the administration of the

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Quanzhou Quanzhou, postal map romanization, alternatively known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level city, prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China. It is Fujian's largest metrop ...

, in

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

province,

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. The city has an area of with a population of 313,500 residents. It's well known for garments trading and industry. The actress

Yao Chen Yao Chen (, born 5 October 1979) is a Chinese actress and philanthropist. In 2014, ''Time'' named Yao as one of the most influential people on their ''Time 100'' list. As of 2014, she is listed as the 83rd most powerful woman in the world by '' ...

was born in Shishi City.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: *Hubin Subdistrict (), Fengli Subdistrict () Towns: *

Lingxiu Lingxiu () is a town of Shishi City, in the south of Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, G ...

(), Baogai (), Hanjiang (), Yongning (), Xiangzhi (), Hongshan (), Jinshang ()

References

County-level divisions of Fujian Quanzhou {{Fujian-geo-stub