Brief introduction to Chongqing

As a municipality directly under the Central Government, Chongqing, short for Yu or Ba, is known as a "mountain city","foggy city"and "brige city". With a population of 32 million, the city occupies 82,400 square kilometers of territory and is divided into 38 administrative districts and counties.

It is an organic city cluster having the most number of administrative districts and the largest population in China. As a famous historic city,Chongqing ,located at the core of the economic belt of the upper Yangtze, is the centers for business and trade, politics, culture, education,scientific innovation and telecommunication, the hub of transportation and a high-tech based modern industrial base.

Chongqing connects China's vast west and eastern coast. It is the only transportation hub in West China that integrates water,land,and air transportation.

Not only enjoying great natural resources- mountain, rivers, forests, springs, waterfalls, gorges and caves- the mountainous area also is rich in cultural landscapes blending of the BaYu culture, immigrant culture, three gorges culture and metropolitan culture. There are more over 300 natural and human sites, including 1 World Heriage Site (The Dazu Stone Sculptures),1 World Natural Heritage Site ( Wulong Karst area), 13 national key cultural units,6 national key scenic attractions, 24 national forest parks, 6 narional geo-parks and 4 state-level natural protection areas .