Why is Yichang not allocated to Chongqing?

Yichang is not allocated to Chongqing because Hubei is unwilling to let go.

As early as the establishment of the Three Gorges Province, Hubei Province was very picky about assigning Yichang to Chongqing. After all, Yichang is a relatively developed city, and Hubei is unwilling to let it go. Hubei stays in Yichang and Chongqing leads the Three Gorges, which is a win-win situation. After the establishment of the Three Gorges Project, Chongqing is better than Yichang.

1994 12 14, the Three Gorges Project officially started in the eyes of the whole country. The central government also plans to set up a municipality directly under the Central Government of Chongqing. 1June, 997 18, Chongqing municipality was formally established, which not only solved the problem of large population and large jurisdiction in Sichuan, but also facilitated the unified planning, arrangement and management of the Three Gorges Project construction and the immigrants in the reservoir area.

Three Gorges province:

The planned Three Gorges Province governs "three places and one city" and 30 counties. "Three places and one city" are Fuling area and Wanxian area in Sichuan Province and Yichang area and Yichang city in Hubei Province.

These 30 counties are Fuling City (now Fuling District of Chongqing), Nanchuan, Dianjiang, Fengdu, Wulong County, Xiushan, Youyang and Qianjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County (now Qianjiang District of Chongqing).

Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, Wanxian City (now Wanzhou District of Chongqing), Wanxian County, Kaixian County (now Kaizhou District of Chongqing), Liangping, Zhongxian County, Yunyang, Fengjie, Wushan, Wuxi, Chengkou, Yichang County (now Yiling District of Yichang City), Yidu, Zhijiang, Dangyang, Yuan 'an, Xingshan and Dangyang. This "three places and one city" 30 counties have jurisdiction over 340 districts and 1825 townships.