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On the map of the world on the wall of the hall of
the United Nations, only four Chinese cities are printed, and one
of them is Chongqing.
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¡¡¡The towering mountains and the low river valleys
are witnesses of the history of the three thousand years of civilization
of Chongqing. In the long river of history, the city, with its tremendous
power of cohesion and influence upon its neighboring areas, became
a regional military and political center and a distributing center
of commodities. It has been a flourishing city for over a thousand
years. In the last hundred years and more, the city grew with its
commerce, flourished with the move in of political and industrial
establishments from the coastal areas of east China, and achieved
economic take-off with the reform. As a result, the city of Chongqing
has changed from an ancient military strategic pass into a city open
to the outside world that holds a strategic position connecting the
central and western parts of China, from an ancient regional trading
center into an economic center on the upper reaches of the Yangtze
River, from a city of entrepot trade of the 19th century into the
largest multi-functional modern industrial and commercial city in
west China, and from a port city in the east part of the Sichuan basin
into a municipality directly under the central government that stands
in the hinterland of China but faces different parts of the world.
The rapid rise of Chongqing in western China, with its glorious past
and fast changing present, has left its mark in the history of development
of China and has become the center of focus of world attention.
¡¡¡¡At the turn of the century, Chongqing
is again placed by history at the starting line for a new race. The
construction of the Three Gorges Dam and the resettlement of a large
number of residents for the purpose of new development in the dam
area has added new drive to the development of the city; the establishment
of the new municipality directly under the central government has
opened up a hew horizon for the city's development; and the great
development of the western regions of China has opened up a new chapter
in its development. Chongqing today, with its advantages in its geographical,
cultural and social environment, is becoming an irresistible attraction
and is showing its greatness and charms to the outside world.
¡¡¡¡The famous historic city with three thousand
years of Ba-Yu culture is becoming more beautiful!
¡¡¡¡China's youngest municipality directly
under the central government is producing numerous modern myths!
The world's largest inland mountain and river city is making wonders!
¡¡¡¡A new Chongqing, the economic center on
the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, is going to the outside world
in its development!
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