Chongqing Province
Located in the southwest of China’s interior, with an area of 82,402 square kilometers, 94% of which are mountains and hills. Chongqing is one of the four municipalities directly under the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the first batch of Central national central cities and megacities, China’s inland financial center, economic center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and an important modern manufacturing base in China.
Chongqing is a famous historical and cultural city, the hot spring capital of the world, and one of the three famous stove cities in China.
In 2019, Chongqing has a population of 31.234 million, ranking 20th in the country. The GDP in 2019 is 2,360.577 billion yuan, ranking 17th nationwide.
The famous Three Gorges Dam is located in the jurisdiction of Chongqing. Chongqing has 26 districts, 8 counties, and 4 autonomous counties.
International Transportation Hub
Chongqing’s geographical location is very important. It is an international comprehensive transportation hub, an international aviation hub, and a shipping center in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
In terms of national strategy, Chongqing has been identified as for the development western region an important strategic fulcrum of the,“Belt and Road” together with the Yangtze River Economic Belt link and the open highland inland.
Chongqing is also the only super-large city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River that gathers water, land and air transportation resources, and a comprehensive transportation hub in the southwest.
Chongqing has an international airport, a national comprehensive railway hub, the largest inland port city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and even western China, and a shipping center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
Bridge Capital
Chongqing is the only “bridge capital” in China recognized by Mao Yisheng Bridge Committee in 2005. As of the end of 2018, Chongqing had a total of 14,000 bridges built and under construction, including more than 2,000 urban bridges and 38 urban bridges across the river. Chongqing Bridge has created 17 world bests, of which 8 are the world’s best at the time of construction, and 9 of them have maintained the world’s highest record so far.
The Economy
Chongqing’s economic construction has basically formed a pattern of coexistence of big agriculture, big industry, big transportation, and big circulation. It is the largest economic center city in the southwest and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
Chongqing is an important modern manufacturing base in China. It has formed the world’s largest Electronic Information Industry cluster and China’s largest Automotive Industry cluster.
It has also formed a 100 “billion yuan” Industrial Cluster such as
