What are the uses of municipalities?

The levels of municipalities and provinces are the same

The specific reasons why municipalities were established in Chongqing instead of Three Gorges Province are as follows:

March 1985 On the 4th, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Notice on the Establishment of the Three Gorges Province Preparatory Group." The "Notice" stated that the Three Gorges Project in the Yangtze River that is under preparation is the largest project since the founding of the People's Republic of my country. Its completion will bring huge comprehensive benefits to flood control, power generation and shipping in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In order to ensure the smooth completion of the Three Gorges Project, properly arrange the immigrants in the reservoir area, and accelerate the economic development of the Three Gorges area, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council believe that it is necessary to establish the Three Gorges Province. On May 8, 1986, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council decided to abolish the Three Gorges Provincial Preparatory Group and establish the Three Gorges Regional Economic Development Office.

A "Brief Profile of the Three Gorges Province Under Construction" compiled and printed on June 9, 1985, gave a rough description of the main "provincial conditions" of the "Three Gorges Province".

The total area of ??"Three Gorges Province" is 84,093 square kilometers, including 19.08 million acres of cultivated land (1.08 acres of cultivated land per capita), which is roughly "eight mountains, half water, and one half field." The total population is 17.6 million, including 15.83 million agricultural population. Its jurisdiction includes Tujia, Miao, Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, Korean, Manchu, Dong, Bai, Li, Gaoshan, Naxi, Lahu, Xibe, There are more than 20 ethnic minorities including Qiang, with a population of 1.93 million, accounting for about 9% of the total population.

What will be the status of the future "Three Gorges Province" among the provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across the country? This "brief profile" has also been analyzed more objectively. According to the analysis of relevant national authoritative statistical data in 1984, among the 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions (including the "Three Gorges Province" itself) except Taiwan Province, the general position occupied by the "Three Gorges Province" is: ranking 26th in area It ranks ahead of Ningxia, Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai; its population ranks 24th, before Xinjiang, Shanghai, Beijing, Qinghai, Tianjin and Tibet; the total industrial and agricultural output value of "Three Gorges Province" in 1984 was 8.982 billion yuan. , with a per capita of 511 yuan, 50.2% lower than the national per capita of 1,026 yuan in the same period, ranking 28th, only higher than Guizhou and Tibet.

The administrative divisions of "Three Gorges Province" are "three places and one city" and 30 counties (cities). They are: Fuling City, Nanchuan, Dianjiang, Fengdu, Wulong County, Xiushan, Youyang, Qianjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County; Wanxian City, Wanxian, and Kaixian in the Wanxian area of ??Sichuan (now Wanzhou District of Chongqing) , Liangping, Zhongxian, Yunyang, Fengjie, Wushan, Wuxi, Chengkou; Yichang, Yidu, Zhijiang, Dangyang, Yuan'an, Xingshan, Zigui, Changyang Tu in Yichang area of ??Hubei Province (now Yichang City) Jiajia Autonomous County and Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County; Yichang City, Hubei Province (has been merged with Yichang Prefecture to form Yichang City); Badong County in Hubei Western Hubei Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

The Three Gorges Province was not completed in the end because its prerequisite - the construction of the Three Gorges Project met with strong opposition. For this reason, the State Council organized an expert team to conduct an investigation in the Three Gorges submerged area. After nearly a year, According to the investigation, the expert group submitted an investigation report to the State Council. The report showed that most counties in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area are key poverty alleviation areas of the State Council. It is difficult to solve the livelihood of the people by relying solely on local economic development. The Three Gorges Project was shelved and preparations were made. The Three Gorges Province, which had been suffering for more than a year, also suffered a miscarriage.

Although the Three Gorges Province was not completed, this method of solving the immigration problem was reflected in the Chongqing Municipality that was later established. Although the Three Gorges Project was built in Hubei, 90% of the immigrants were in Sichuan. The population of Sichuan Province at that time had exceeded 100 million. If this population was regarded as a country, it would be a big country in the world. The large population must be solved Naturally, there are many problems. After the immigration funds from the central government flow here, how much of them will actually reach the hands of immigrants becomes a question.

So in order to compensate for the immigrants from Sichuan and in compliance with Hubei's opposition, Chongqing was established as a municipality directly under the Central Government to promote local economic development.