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This is the origin of Chongqing's abbreviation Yu (渝). [7] During the Tang dynasty, the name Yuzhou was retained, and it was governed under the Shannan West Circuit . The main city of Chongqing was under the jurisdiction of Kuizhou Road during the Song dynasty. As agriculture developed during the Song dynasty, the population of Chongqing ...
With so many bridges crossing the Yangtze and Jialing rivers in the urban area, Chongqing is sometimes known as the 'Bridge Capital of China'. The first important bridge in urban Chongqing was the Niujiaotuo Jialing River Bridge, built in 1958.
According to the World Bank, Chongqing's primary economic sector made up approximately 22% of its total GDP in 1996 and approximately 8% in 2016. [1] This decrease in the contribution of the primary sector to Chongqing's economy may be attributed to its growing rate of urbanisation, which increased from 30% in 1997 to 62% in 2016. [1]
Image credits: Jackson Lu Welcome to the city of Chongqing, a major hotspot in southwest China and one of the biggest cities in the world.It was given the title of the world’s fastest-growing ...
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The politics of Chongqing is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The mayor of Chongqing is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Chongqing. As since 1997 Chongqing has been a centrally administered municipality, the mayor occupies the ...
Well, 2 million more than the nominal number of residents in Chongqing… So, what is a typical work commute like in this city? In the evening, leaving the office, the author decides that the ...
Nationalist Government in Chongqing (1939) Yuzhong District, Chongqing In the period of the Second Sino-Japanese War, this building was served as the headquarters of the Nationalist Government until they moved back to Nanjing. The building was demolished in the 1980s. Nationalist Government in Hankow (1927) Wuchang Uprising Memorial Building 1927