Sichuan and Chongqing were originally merged into one province, so why should they be divided ... When and why did they start to be divided?

1997 March 14, the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress deliberated and passed the Proposal of the State Council on Submitting for the Establishment of Chongqing Municipality. Since then, Chongqing has officially become the fourth municipality directly under the Central Government of China after Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai.

"Why did the central government designate Chongqing as a municipality directly under the Central Government? Is it because of the Three Gorges Project? " Huang Zhendong said, "When it comes to Chongqing, we often hear such questions." .

Is it easy to make Chongqing a municipality directly under the Central Government of China just because of the Three Gorges Project?

There are more reasons than that. Huang Zhendong believes that through his four-month investigation and study in Chongqing, the Three Gorges Project only gave Chongqing an opportunity, and the central government's decision to establish a municipality directly under the Central Government actually has more significant and far-reaching strategic significance. Thinking about this meaning is also the beginning for Huang Zhendong to understand Chongqing.

Huang Zhendong said that the Three Gorges Water Control Project is an unprecedented cross-century project with huge comprehensive benefits such as flood control, power generation, shipping, water diversion and environmental protection, which is related to the National Games and attracts worldwide attention. However, in the construction of the Three Gorges Project, the difficulty lies in immigration, and the key lies in immigration, while the key difficulty lies in Chongqing.

Chongqing reservoir area will eventually relocate 6.5438+0.03 million immigrants, accounting for 85.5% of the total immigrants in the reservoir area, and the task is very arduous. Therefore, the central government made the decision to set up Chongqing municipality directly under the Central Government, the important reason of which is to better unify the planning, arrangement and management of the resettlement work in the reservoir area and ensure the smooth progress of the Three Gorges Project. Member Huang said that practice has proved that the decision of the CPC Central Committee is correct. By the end of last year, Chongqing * * * had relocated and resettled 560,000 people and successfully completed the first and second phases, which can fully guarantee the impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam and the generation of the first batch of units from June this year 1.

Regarding the central government's expectation that "Chongqing will play a greater role", Huang Zhendong said that his understanding of "role" is mainly reflected in the following points: First, by continuously enhancing Chongqing's function as an economic center city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, it will promote the economic and social development of the southwest region and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and give full play to the role of radiation in the surrounding areas. Second, make use of Chongqing's geographical advantage of "connecting the east with the west and transmitting from left to right", vigorously strengthen the alliance and cooperation with the eastern region, southwest region and the whole western region, and give full play to the role of "window" and "bridge" between the eastern and western parts of China.

Deputy Huang Zhendong said that Chongqing is not only an important old industrial base in China, but also the largest central city and an important inland river port in the southwest and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Located at the junction of economically developed areas in the east and resource-rich areas in the west, it has obvious location advantages and important hub functions. The central government decided to set up Chongqing municipality directly under the central government, which is to regard it as a "bright spot" in the cultivation of the western region and promote the economic and social development of the southwest region and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. In fact, this strategic intention is consistent with the development policy of "taking point with line, taking point with area and taking point with area" established by the state in implementing the strategy of developing the western region.