Why did Chongqing become a municipality directly under the central government?

Chongqing municipality is an important measure for the state to accelerate the economic and social development in the central and western regions.

Give full play to Chongqing's regional advantages, radiate southwest and drive the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; It is conducive to solving the difficulties brought about by the overpopulation and excessive administrative divisions in Sichuan. It is conducive to the construction of the Three Gorges Project and the completion of the resettlement task. Chongqing municipality is not only the product of this strategic thought, but also an important strategic decision for China to accelerate the economic and social development in the central and western regions.

Looking at China's regional economic map, Chongqing has always been the largest economic center city and an important transportation hub in the southwest and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It plays an important role in connecting the east with the west and connecting the north with the south, and has the dual functions of gathering and dispersing the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the western region. It is undoubtedly a historical necessity to choose Chongqing as the "strategic fulcrum" to promote the overall development of China.

The geographical advantages of Chongqing:

It borders Hubei and Hunan in the east, Guizhou in the south, Sichuan in the west and Shaanxi in the north. Chongqing is located in the core area of the economic belt in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the junction of the east and the west of China, and it is the key development area for the China government to implement the western development. It is one of the five national central cities, a national historical and cultural city, an economic center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, a financial center and an innovation center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, a shipping, political, cultural, scientific, technological, educational and exchange center, an important modern manufacturing base in the country and a national comprehensive transportation hub.

The general terrain is high in the southeast and northeast, low in the central and western regions, and gradually decreases from north to south to the Yangtze River basin. Chongqing's landform structure is complex, showing three characteristics: first, the landform fluctuates; Secondly, there are various types of landforms; Third, the regional differentiation of geomorphologic combination is obvious.