Chengdu-Chongqing Urban Agglomeration

Chengdu-Chongqing Urban Agglomeration is one of the ten national-level urban agglomerations nominated by China's Central Government by February 2019, for purpose of promoting the integrated regional development in the western region of China. It is composed of Chongqing Municipality, one of the four municipalities under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government, Chengdu Municipality, the capital city of Sichuan Province, as well as other 14 municipalities and 13 county-level cities of Sichuan Province. Centered on Chongqing and Chengdu, it covers an area of 185,000 km , hosting a population of 90.94 billion and a GDP of 3.76 trillion yuan in 2014. As a strategic node on the Yangtze River Economic Belt, it is hoped to become a demonstration area of New Urbanization while taking a leading role in the integrated development of the western region of China.