What is the geographical profile of Chongqing?

Geographical overview of Chongqing Chongqing, located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and Jialing River, is an important industrial and commercial town in southwest China and the only municipality directly under the central government in western China.

As one of the four largest cities in China, it is only marked on the world map hanging in the United Nations Hall. The city covers an area of 82,400 square kilometers and has a population of 310.07 million.

Chongqing is a famous cultural city with a long history.

1 1 century BC, Pakistan established its capital here.

In A.D. 1 189, Song Guangzong was crowned king first and then ascended the throne, boasting of "double celebration", hence the name Chongqing. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Chongqing was the wartime capital of the National Government. After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), Chongqing became a municipality directly under the central government on 1950, Sichuan province on 1954, and a city under separate state planning on 1983. 1In March, 1997, the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress approved Chongqing to establish a municipality directly under the Central Government.

Chongqing is rich in natural resources. The reserves and grades of coal, natural gas, strontium, bauxite, manganese, rock salt and barium are obviously dominant in the whole country; There are nearly 100 species of wild rare animals and more than 50 species of rare plants protected by the state. Chongqing is also an important production base of pigs, flue-cured tobacco, medicinal materials, sericulture, citrus and angora rabbits in China.

Chongqing has unique cultural and tourism resources. The ancient stone carving culture, Bayu culture, Three Gorges culture and Anti-Japanese War culture are well-known at home and abroad, and the world cultural heritage Dazu stone carving, the majestic Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and the dazzling night view of mountain cities are well-known.

Chongqing has a comprehensive transportation system by sea, land and air and a modern post and telecommunications network. Roads and railways extend in all directions, and waterways lead to the sea. 1 10 Many domestic, international and regional air routes connect Chongqing with the whole country and the world. Foreigners can apply for visas on arrival directly at the airport. There are more than 160 countries and regions with postal services.

Chongqing has a perfect industrial system and strong comprehensive supporting capacity. The two pillar industries of automobile, motorcycle, chemical industry and medicine continued to grow; New pillar industries such as food, construction and tourism are taking shape and developing. Facing the new wave of scientific and technological revolution, Chongqing will focus on cultivating three high-tech leading industries: electronic information, biological engineering and environmental protection engineering. Chongqing's market network is perfect, and the surrounding radiation population is nearly 300 million.

Chongqing's opening to the outside world is all-directional, multi-level and wide-ranging. Canada, Japan and Britain have consulates in Chongqing.

At present, it has established economic and trade cooperation relations with 174 countries and regions, and 38 Fortune 500 enterprises have settled in Chongqing. Banks such as scotiabank, Hong Kong Baosheng, Hong Kong HSBC and Sumitomo East Asia in Japan, insurance companies such as An Tian in Japan, Lippo in the United States and Yongming in Canada, and Hong Kong Sujiang Yexian Law Firm have all set up branches or offices in Chongqing. Chambers of commerce in Austria and other countries also have offices in Chongqing.

The third annual meeting of the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace, which was held in Chongqing in April 2004 and published the Chongqing Declaration, the meeting of international presidents attended by many internationally renowned politicians hosted by American Business Weekly in Chongqing in July 2004, and the 2005 Asia-Pacific Mayor Summit will be held in Chongqing, China for the first time, all of which further enhanced Chongqing's image of opening to the outside world.

Since the central government approved Chongqing as a municipality directly under the central government, Chongqing's economic and social development has made great achievements.

The city's annual GDP was 266.5 billion yuan, an increase of 1.996/.51times. Investment in fixed assets 1, 6 1 billion yuan, up 4.9 times. The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents reached 922 1 yuan and 2535 yuan respectively, both of which increased by more than 60% compared with that before the municipality directly under the central government. In recent years, Chongqing's foreign trade and economic cooperation has developed rapidly. In 2003, Chongqing's total import and export volume reached US$ 3.86 billion, an increase of 1.8 times compared with 1.96, of which exports reached US$ 2.09 billion, an increase of 2.48 times, and foreign trade enterprises reached 1.485. Especially in recent years, policy support has been strengthened, and the foreign investment environment has become increasingly perfect. By the end of 2004, the city had approved 3,748 foreign-invested enterprises, with contracted foreign capital of 6,846,543.8 billion US dollars and actually absorbed foreign capital of 3,646,543.8 billion US dollars. Signed foreign contracted projects, labor cooperation and design consulting contracts with a total amount of 65.438+28.5 billion US dollars, and dispatched 365.438+0.3 1.

The construction of the Three Gorges Project and the development of immigrants in the reservoir area, which attracted worldwide attention, have injected new vitality into the development of Chongqing. The establishment of a municipality directly under the central government has opened a new world for the development of Chongqing. The implementation of the western development strategy has opened a new chapter in Chongqing's accelerated development.

According to the grand blueprint drawn by the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, guided by Scientific Outlook on Development, people of all ethnic groups in Chongqing are pragmatic, pioneering and innovative, and strive to build "three major economic zones" represented by the developed urban economic circle, the western Chongqing economic corridor and the ecological economic zone in the Three Gorges reservoir area, and strive to build Chongqing into an economic center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Today's Chongqing, in the geographical, cultural and social environment, is forming an increasingly powerful magnetic field, producing irresistible gravity, and increasingly highlighting its magnificent and passionate charm.

A historic city with 3,000 years of Bayu culture-graceful!

* * * The youngest municipality directly under the Central Government in People's Republic of China (PRC) is pregnant with endless modern myths!

The world's largest inland landscape city is constantly creating miracles on earth!

Chongqing-a brand-new economic center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is going to the world!

China is a unified socialist country with more than 50 ethnic minorities, accounting for 6.6% of the country's total population and 50-60% of China's total land.

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