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Chongqing is the fourth municipality which directly governed by the Central Government. The total population is more than 30 million people. It is opened to the outside world and is the largest industrial and commercial important strategic city in southwest China , as well as the economic center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River . Chongqing located in the joints of three main economic tache and economic zones in the west. It is an animate city which is the pilot project at the time of reform and opening-up. Now, it becomes the development light spot of western regions of China .
Chongqing is located at the joint of Yangtze and Jialing River . It is famous for surrounded by mountains on four sides and the river winds. But the most characteristic view should be the nocturne in Chongqing . To look into the nocturne from the far and high distance, the prospect of a city in the evening is sculpted, silver rosy clouds flicker, enhancing each other's beauty with the clear glistening light of waves of two rivers, flashing stars all over the sky, its scene is magnificent and fascinating.
There are two important advantages for transportation in Chongqing . One is the advantage of the Yangtze River which called gold watercourse; the other is the advantage of navy, army and air force `s three-dimensional traffic.
With the gold watercourse of the Yangtze River and the opportunity of the Three Gorges Projects, the port of Chongqing can hold ten thousand ton-class fleet. Chongqing will also lead directly to the sea with completion of expressway from Chongqing to Beihai, Guangxi. It will be undoubtedly two new pivots that can be a match for Silk Road as to whole west. Chongqing is the only hub that combines water transport, land and air into an organic whole of the west of China . To traverse China 's Mainland from east to west and to pierce through several pieces in the north and south of trunk railway and arterial highway cross in Chongqing vertically. The 5000 -ton fleet can be traced back rivers to the port of Chongqing from the Yangtze River . The International airport of Chongqing Jiangbei district is the arterial airport which to be developed especially.
There is the largest port in the west of Chongqing . The throughput of the container is up to 120,000 standard containers in 2004. Transferred by Shanghai , the cargoes imported and exported can reach every port both in China and abroad. The ship company of the top ten of the world ranking set up branch companies in Chongqing . At present, the container liners are up to 28 liners from Chongqing to Shanghai every week. Besides cargoes to be imported and exported, the opening of the container liner of the Yangtze River has driven the domestic container logistics along the line of Chongqing and the Yangtze River of Shanghai (the domestic trade logistics at present account for 1/3 of the total volume of goods transported). The port of Chongqing has also attracted a large number of goods in Sichuan as the advantages of Yangtze River , the expressway from Chongqing to Chengdu (347 kilometers) and the high-speed network of highways of Sichuan taking Chengdu as the center. In addition, the expressway (340 kilometers) of Yu-Qian (from Chongqing to Guiyang ) will be opened completely in August of 2005. Chongqing will become the center of hinge of communications of the southwest in China .
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