Jinzhong (Chinese: ½úÖÐ; pinyin: J¨¬nzh¨­ng) is a prefecture-level city with several 100,000 inhabitants in the northern half of Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China.

Before 1999, what is now Jinzhong was Jinzhong Prefecture, with its capital at the county-level city of Yuci (ÓÜ´Î; pinyin: Y¨²c¨¬; WG: Yu-tz'u). In 1999, Jinzhong Prefecture became Jinzhong Prefecture-level City, and Yuci County-level City became Yuci District (a county-level district).

Jinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:

Yuci District (capital)
Jiexiu County-level City
Yushe County
Zuoquan County
Heshun County
Xiyang County
Shouchang County
Taigu County
Qi County
Pingyao County
Lingshi County
Jinzhong is assigned ½úK licence plate. For the Jinzhong catholic bishopric, the first bishop after a vacancy of 40 years was consecrated in 1999.