1997. On March 14, 1997, the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People's Congress approved the establishment of Chongqing Municipality and the abolition of the former Chongqing Municipality. Chongqing municipality jurisdiction of the former Chongqing City, Wanxian City, Fuling City and Qianjiang area; *** 43 districts, cities and counties, an area of 82,402.95 square kilometers, 30.02 million people.
June 18, 1997, Chongqing municipality government agencies officially listed. Chongqing became a municipality for the third time in its history.
Republic of China 28 (1939), Chongqing City, the original six districts were reorganized into 12 districts, Longyin Township, Ba County (Xiaolongkan, Shapingba, Maguikou area) into the Chongqing Municipality. 5 May, the National Government, which had moved the capital to Chongqing, issued a decree to Chongqing to be upgraded to a first-class central government municipalities (i.e., directly under the Central Municipal Government), precipitated out of the Sichuan Province, and Chongqing has become the sixth central government municipalities, following Nanjing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Qingdao, and Beiping. Chongqing became the sixth municipality in the central government after Nanjing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Qingdao and Beiping.
On November 30, 1949, Chongqing was liberated by the People's Liberation Army. Chongqing then became the seat of the Southwest Military and Political Committee, and a municipality of the central government under the administration of the Southwest Region.
Achievements after direct administration:
Chongqing has made remarkable achievements in development since its direct administration. Chongqing closely around the national important central city, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the region's economic center, an important national advanced manufacturing center, the western financial center, the western international comprehensive transportation hub and international gateway hub and other nationally endowed positioning, give full play to the advantages of location, ecological advantages, industrial advantages, institutional advantages, planning and promoting economic and social development, and strive to build a modern city of internationalization, greening, intelligence, human culture
Economic development
The economic structure has accelerated transformation and upgrading, the old industrial bases have been revitalized, a globally important electronic information industry cluster and a domestically important automobile industry cluster have been formed, strategic emerging industries have flourished, the innovation drive of big data and intelligence has been y pushed forward, the construction of the Two Rivers New Area and the Western (Chongqing) Science City have been implemented in a high standard, and the engine power of high-quality development of the economy has been more powerful.
The resettlement task of relocating one million immigrants from the Three Gorges has been successfully accomplished, all social undertakings have progressed in an all-round way, the target task of poverty alleviation has been accomplished on schedule, the building of a moderately prosperous society is in sight, and the people's sense of gain, happiness and security has been continuously improved. Infrastructure construction to speed up the advancement of highway mileage of 3400 kilometers, the completion of "a hub ten trunk" railroad network, "meter" type high-speed rail network to speed up the construction of 1319 kilometers of mileage under construction and commissioning of international air routes up to 101.
The inland open highland accelerates the rise of the Yangtze River golden waterway, China-European liner and other support for the full formation of the open channel, the third Sino-Singaporean intergovernmental cooperation project to operate in Chongqing as the center, docking the "One Belt, One Road" of the western land and sea corridor construction has risen to a national strategy, the construction of the China (Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone The construction of the China (Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone is advancing pragmatically, and an inland international logistics hub and port highland are taking shape. Rural revitalization and urban upgrading are being promoted in a coordinated manner, and the international landscape metropolis of the "Two Rivers and Four Banks" is becoming more and more apparent. The construction of an important ecological barrier on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River has been accelerated, with the water quality of the Yangtze, Jialing and Wu Rivers generally excellent, the number of days with good air quality reaching 333, and the city's forest coverage reaching 52.5 percent.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia - Chongqing, Chongqing Municipal People's Government - Chongqing Municipal Profile