Reasons for Chongqing's direct administration

First, Chongqing has become a municipality directly under the Central Government for the following five reasons;

1. Solve the problem that the administrative area of Sichuan Province was too large at that time, and the management unit and population were too large.

2. After Chongqing is directly under the central government, it can promote and accelerate the opening and development of the western region, and Chongqing can play the role of connecting the east with the west.

3. Solve the Three Gorges resettlement problem, promote the smooth development of the Three Gorges Project, and solve the management development problems in eastern Sichuan and northern Hubei.

4. Chongqing was the largest city in the west at that time, and the comprehensive strength of the central and western regions was strong, which could be used as a pilot for the development of big cities with large rural areas.

5. Chongqing was a city under separate state planning at that time, enjoying provincial economic authority, and was also a municipality directly under the central government before, with a special historical background.

Second, the following is the main process of the administrative division adjustment of Chongqing after the liberation of 1949;

1,19491.10. In October, Chongqing established the Southwest Military and Political Committee (Southwest Region), which governs the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan area, and Chongqing is a municipality directly under the Central Government.

2.1August, 952, Sichuan Province was restored, and Chongqing remained a municipality directly under the central government;

3.1June, 954, Southwest China was abolished, and Chongqing was reduced to a municipality under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province;

4.1February 1983, Chongqing became the first city with separate plans in China with the approval of the central government, and Chengdu and other cities 14 also implemented separate plans;

5.1September, 1996, with the approval of the central authorities, Chongqing Municipality took charge of Wanxian City, Fuling City and Qianjiang District of Sichuan Province;

6.1March 1997 14. With the approval of the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress, Chongqing was restored as a municipality directly under the Central Government;

7.1997 June 18, Chongqing municipality was formally established.

Remarks: As of August 20 12, Chongqing municipality has jurisdiction over 19 districts and 19 counties, of which 9 districts are in the central city of Chongqing.

Third, the establishment of a municipality directly under the central government in Chongqing is actually to restore its status as a municipality directly under the central government, because Chongqing was a municipality directly under the central government before, and was later downgraded to Sichuan Province after the adjustment of administrative divisions, becoming a city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province.

After Chongqing became a municipality directly under the Central Government of Sichuan Province, it was the largest city in Sichuan Province, a strong industrial city and the largest city in the western region at that time. 1983 After the approval of the central government, Chongqing took the lead in setting up cities with separate plans and implementing independent financial and economic management at the provincial level, until 1997, Chongqing was restored as a municipality directly under the central government.