地级管理层是指省（自治区）与县之间的管理层，包括作为一级行政区划建制的自治州、地级市和作为省（自治区）派出机构的地区（盟）。地级管理层的去留问题长期以来为舆论所关注，要求撤消地级管理层、实行由省直接领导县的行政区划体制改革的呼声由来已久。今年地方机构改革? The management at the prefecture level refers to the management level between the province (autonomous region) and the county, including the autonomous prefectures and prefecture-level cities that are established as first-level administrative divisions and the regions (alliances) that serve as the dispatching agencies of the provinces (autonomous regions). The question of the removal of the local management has long been the focus of public opinion. It has been a long time since it was demanded that the management at the local level should be withdrawn and that the administrative division of the county directly under the leadership of the provincial government should be restructured. Local institutional reform this year?