What are the geographical profiles 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.

She is one of the four largest cities in China that are only marked on the world map hanging in the United Nations Hall. The city covers an area of 82,4 square kilometers and has a population of 31.7 million.

Chongqing is a famous cultural city with a long history.

in the 11th century BC, Pakistan established its capital here.

in 1189 ad, Song Guangzong was crowned king and then ascended the throne here, boasting of "double happiness", hence the name of Chongqing. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Chongqing was the wartime capital of the National Government. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chongqing became a municipality directly under the central government in 195, changed to a municipality under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province in 1954, and became a city under separate state economic planning in 1983. In March 1997, the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress approved the establishment of Chongqing as 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 superior in the whole country; There are nearly 1 species of wild rare animals and more than 5 species of rare plants under state protection. Chongqing is also an important production base of pigs, flue-cured tobacco, medicinal materials, sericulture, oranges and angora rabbits in China.

Chongqing is endowed with 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 magnificent Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and the dazzling night view of the mountain city are well-known.

Chongqing has a comprehensive transportation system by land, sea and air and a modern post and telecommunications network. Roads and railways extend in all directions, waterways reach the sea, and more than 11 domestic, international and regional 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 16 postal countries and regions.

Chongqing has a comprehensive industrial system with comprehensive supporting capacity. The two pillar industries of automobile, motorcycle, chemical industry and medicine are growing continuously; 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 has a complete market network and a surrounding radiation population of nearly 3 million.

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

At present, it has established economic and trade cooperation relations with 174 countries and regions, and 38 of the world's top 5 enterprises have settled in Chongqing; Banks such as Scotiabank, Hong Kong Baosheng, Hong Kong HSBC, Sumitomo Japan and East Asia, insurance companies such as An Tian of Japan, Lippo of the United States and Yongming of 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, 24 and published the Chongqing Declaration, the meeting of international presidents attended by several internationally renowned politicians hosted by American Business Weekly in Chongqing in July, 24, and the 25 Asia-Pacific City Mayors Summit, which will be held in Chongqing, China for the first time, have and will further enhance the image of Chongqing's opening to the outside world.

Chongqing has made great achievements in economic and social development since it was approved as a municipality directly under the central government.

the city's GDP was 266.5 billion yuan, 1.51 times higher than that in 1996; Investment in fixed assets was 161 billion yuan, up 4.9 times. The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents reached 9,221 yuan and 2,535 yuan respectively, both of which increased by more than 6% compared with that before the municipality was directly under the central government. In recent years, Chongqing's foreign economic relations and trade have developed rapidly. In 23, the total import and export volume of the city reached US$ 3.86 billion, 1.8 times higher than that of 1996, of which US$ 2.9 billion was exported, up 2.48 times, and there were 1,485 foreign trade enterprises. Especially in recent years, policy support has been strengthened, and the foreign investment environment is becoming more and more perfect. By the end of 24, the city had approved 3,748 foreign-funded enterprises, with contracted foreign investment of US$ 6.841 billion and actually absorbed foreign investment of US$ 3.641 billion. Signed contracts for foreign contracted projects, labor service cooperation and design consultation with a total amount of US$ 1.285 billion, and dispatched 31,311 personnel.

The construction of the Three Gorges Project and the resettlement development in the reservoir area, which have attracted worldwide attention, have injected new vitality into the development of Chongqing. The establishment of the central municipality directly under the Central Government has opened up a new world for Chongqing's development. 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 Congress of the Communist Party of China, guided by the scientific development concept, people of all ethnic groups in Chongqing are seeking truth, being pragmatic, pioneering and innovative, and are striving to build "three major economic zones" represented by the developed urban economic zone, the western Chongqing economic corridor and the ecological economic zone in the Three Gorges reservoir area in accordance with the overall plan of the western development strategy, striving to build Chongqing into the economic center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

In today's Chongqing, in the geographical, cultural and social environment, an increasingly strong magnetic field is being formed, and irresistible attraction is being produced, which is increasingly highlighting its magnificent and passionate charm.

a historic city with 3, years of Bayu culture-graceful and graceful!

*** The youngest municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China is giving birth to 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 stepping into the world!

overview of the area, population and capital of countries and regions in the world. China is a unified socialist country. Apart from the Han nationality, there are more than 5 ethnic minorities, accounting for 6.6% of the country's total population, and they are distributed on 5-6% of China's total land.

Country or region area (square kilometers) Population (thousands of people) Capital or capital Asian Chinese people * * and country about 96 1239292 Beijing Mongolia 15665 2353 Ulaanbaatar Democratic People * * * Republic of China 122762 22 Pyongyang Republic of Korea 99237 4485 Seoul Japan 3778 12594 Tokyo Lao People's Democracy * * and Republic of China 2368 465 Vientiane Vietnamese Socialism * * * Republic of China 329556 759 Hanoi Cambodia Kingdom 18135 14 Phnom Penh Myanmar Federation 676581 4474 Binmanatai Kingdom 513115 64 Bangkok Malaysia 329758 21169 Kuala Lumpur Singapore * * and Republic of China 641 31 Singapore Brunei Darussalam 5765 296 bandar seri begawan Philippines * * * Republic of China 2997 7267 Manila Indonesia * * * and China 194443 199 Jakarta East Timor 14874 748 Dili Nepal Kingdom 147181 18491 Kathmandu Sikkim 72 46 gangtok Bhutan Kingdom 46 7 Thimphu Bangladeshi people * * and China 143998 12 Dhaka India * * * Republic of China 29747 938 New Delhi Sri Lanka Democratic Socialism * * Republic of China 6561 1789 Colombo Maldives * * Republic of China 298 238 Male Pakistan Islam * * Republic of China 79695 1281 Islamabad Islamic State of Afghanistan 6523 1769 Kabul Iranian Islam * * * Republic of China 1645 66727 Tehran Kuwait 17818 29 Kuwait City Saudi Arabia 224 174 Riyadh Bahrain 76.5 586 Manama Qatar 11437 641 Doha United Arab Emirates 836 2377 Abu Dhabi Oman Sultanate 312 218 Muscat Yemen * * * Republic of China 531869 158 Sana 'a Iraq * * * and country 438217 237 Baghdad Syrian Arab Republic * * and country 18518 16 Damascus Lebanon * * * Republic of China 1452 311 Beirut Jordan Hashemite Kingdom 9139 4291 Amman State of Palestine 115 575① Jerusalem State of Israel 149 576 Travis Cyprus * * and 9251 823 Nicosia Turkey * * and 78 616 Ankara Uzbekistan * * * Republic of China 4474 2313 Tashkent Kazakhstan * * Republic of China 27173 1659 Astana Kyrgyzstan * * Republic of China 1985 464 Bishkek Tajikistan * * Republic of China 1431 5865 Dushanbe Armenia * * * Republic of China 298 3782 Yerevan Turkmenistan 4881 4659 Ashgabat Azerbaijan * * and Republic of China 866 7566 Baku Georgia 697 54 Tbilisi Europe Iceland * * * Republic of China 13 269 Reykjavik Faroe Islands (Denmark) 1399 43 Caoshahan Denmark Kingdom 4394 522 Copenhagen Norway Kingdom ② 386958 4369 Oslo Sweden Kingdom 449964 8838 Stockholm Finland * * * Republic of China 338145 5116 Helsinki Russian Federation 17754 1475 Moscow Ukraine 637 5893 Kiev Belarus * * Republic of China 276 1235 Minsk Moldova * * Republic of China 337 4319 Chisinau Lithuania * * Republic of China 652 378 Vilnius Estonia * * * Republic of China 452 1464 Tallinn Latvia * * and 646 2485 Riga Poland * * and 312683 3862 Warsaw Czech * * and 78866 1321 Prague Hungary * * * and 9331 1214 Budapest German Federation * * and 35697 81539 Berlin Austria * *. Republic of China 83858 847 Vienna Liechtenstein 16 31 vaduz Swiss Confederation 41284 762 Bern Netherlands Kingdom 41526 15493 Amsterdam Belgium Kingdom 3528 113 Brussels Luxembourg Grand Duchy 2586 415 Luxembourg United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 242 58395 London Gibraltar ( Britain and Ireland 7282 3621 Dublin France * * and France 55162 585 Paris Monaco 1.95 29 monaco-ville Andorra 468 64 andorra la vella Spain 55925 3921 Madrid Portugal * * and France 9272 99 Lisbon Italy * * * Republic of China 31277 58138 Rome Vatican City State .44 1 Vatican City San Marino * * and 6.6 24 San Marino Malta * * and 316 37 Valletta Croatia * * and 56538 478 Zagreb Slovakia * * and 49 538 Bratislava Slovenia * * * Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ljubljana, 1983, Macedonia in Bosnia and Herzegovina * * and Serbia in Skopje * * * and Belgrade and Montenegro in 88361 99 * * and Romania in Podgorica in 13812 65, Bulgaria in Bucharest in 2375 * * and Albania in 11994 8384 * * * Republic of China 28748 33 Tirana Greece * * * and 131957 135 Athens Africa Arabia Egypt * * and 12 614 Cairo Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 175954 511 Tripoli Tunisia * * and 16415 9 Tunisia Algerian Democratic People * * * Republic of China 2381741 2955 Algiers Morocco Kingdom 459 2713 Rabat Western Sahara 266 16 Laayoune Mauritania Islamic * * * and 1324 Nouakchott Senegal * * * and 196722 83 Dakar Gambia * * and 138 12 Banjulmali * * * Republic of China 1241238 176 Bamako Burkina Faso 2742 146 Ouagadougou Cape Verde * * and 4339 Praia Guinea Bissau * * and 36152 Guinea Bissau * * * and 245857 75 Conakry Sierra Leone * * and 72326 45 Freetown Liberia * * * Republic of China 1137 264 ③ Monrovia C? te d 'Ivoire * * and 322463 147 Yamoussoukro ④ Ghana * * and 23946 183 Accra Togo * * and 566 413 Lomé Benin * * and 112622 56 porto-novo Niger * * and 1267627 875 Niamey. * * Republic of China 923768 15 Abuja Cameroon * * Republic of China 475422 134 Yaoundé Equatorial Guinea * * Republic of China 2851 436 Malabo Chad * * Republic of China 1284 6279 N 'Djamena Central Africa * * Republic of China 622984 35 Bangui Sudan * * * Republic of China 255813 2913 Ethiopian Federal Democracy in Khartoum * * and Republic of China 1136 566 Addis Ababa Djibouti * * and Republic of China 232 52 Djibouti Somalia * * * and Republic of China 637657 91 Mogadishu Kenya * * and Republic of China 582646 35 Nairobi Uganda * * * Republic of China 24138 193 Kampala Tanzania United * * and 94587 34 Dar es Salaam Rwanda * * and 26338 755 Kigali Burundi * * and 27834 64 Bujumbura Zaire * * and 2344885 4557 Kinshasa Congo * * and 342 278 Brazzaville Gabon.