(vi) Foreign Exchanges

1. sister cities



2. International Convention and
Exhibition

China Chongqing Investment & Global Sourcing Fair(CCIGSF)
The CCIGSF is an investment and trade fair with the theme of "Promoting Investment and Global Trade", which is sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs under the State Council, People's Governments of 12 western provinces and several eastern provinces, and undertaken by People's Government of Chongqing Municipality.

The CCIGSF is held every 2 years and has enjoyed 10 times complete successes up to the present.

China Chongqing Hight-Hech Fair & China International Exhibition Military Civil Technologies China Chong qing Three - gorges International Tourism Festival

China Chongqing International Auto Industry Fair China International Motorcycle Exhibition

(vii) Senior Education and Scientific Research

1. Senior education

At present there are 57 institutions of senior education including 2 ministry level key college, 13 city level universities, 22 senior technical colleges, 7 independent colleges.

2. Science research

T h e p o p u l a t i o n t h a t participate in scientific activity is 74,542 and fund for scientific activity is RMB 7.9014 billion, the amount of patent application is 4,070.

(viii) Tourism

Chongqing has rich traveling resources, namely concentrate with the mountain, river, spring, waterfall, gorge, hollow, and the dense culture sight together with Bayu culture, nation culture, migration culture, Sanxia culture, capital culture, city culture. Chongqing has one World heritage, six national famous scenic site, six national forest, 1 national nature reserve, cultural relic preserves section, two bases of Patriotic education, 1 national earthquake site, twenty seven national A class land scopes, besides, there are more than two hundred city level famous scenic site, nature reserve, important cultural relic preserves section.

1. Famous scenic site

peerless Yangtze River, World heritage Dazu stone carving, the modern city concentrate the river city, mountain city, and historical cultural city, the famous capital culture of anti- Japanese war and Hongyan Revolutionary historic scenes, etc., endue with the tourism resources of Chongqing bright character, and higher fame, after the complete of the Sanxia program, Sanxia area will appear many lakes and island which can be open up to be new tourism scope, it has irreplaceable uniqueness and tremendous exploitation potential.

2. Characteristic commodity

Civil handicraft of Chongqing is always known through out the world. The folding fan is abroad since Qing Dynasty. Besides all styles of the bamboo weaving, Tujia Brocade, the little hardware of Longshui, Sanxia inkstone, etc, all appears dense local color. Qijiang peasant print, the glass apparatus of Beibei, keramics of Yaofeng etc, which increase much more effulgence for Chongqing.

3. Food

Native products of Chongqing produce m a n y e x p e n s i v e C h i n e s e t r a d i t i o n a l medicine, such as Chinese goldthread, gastrodia tuber from Shizhu, eucommia from Nanchuan, ginseng from Wushan, etc.. Because the Geology and climate condition of Chongqing is fit for the the growth of fruit, many fruits are known well all over the country, Jiangjin citrus, Fengjie navel orange, Changshou {Shatian} shaddock�� Chengkou disc persimmon, etc.. and the mandarin orange is the tribute of court in ancient time.

Chongqing is a main producing area of tea. The planting of tea has a long history, and some of them are of the top grade. ��Chongqing block tea��, �� Cuiping needle tea��,�� Xinong palecoloured tips��, etc..

The flavor food of Chongqing is various, exquisite taste, �� Laosichuan dried beef��,�� Jinjiao spicy beef jerky��,�� Fulin Picklings��,�� Jiangjin ricer sugar��,�� Hechuan walnut slice�� are welcomed all over the world.

Chongqing--Economy

(i) GDP Data

1. GDP
Local total output in 2005 was RMB 306.91 billion Yuan.

2. Per capita GDP
The per capita G D P w a s R M B 10,978 Yuan in 2005 (equals to 1,340 USD according to the exchange rate at that time).

3. Proportion of industry, agriculture and service industry



The Growth of Added Value of Three Industries in Chongqing
(Data from monthly report)



Industry Values of Chongqing from 2001 to 2005



Main Categories of Added Value on Industries above Scale of Chongqing in 2005
Unit: 100 million Yuan



(ii) Resources, Data of Industries, Social Service Industries, Agricultural, Forestry, Stock Raising and Fishery Industries, and
Industries' Features and Main Products

1. Natural Resources
Land Resource 10,000 hectare




Forest Resource




Water Resource




Main Mineral Resources (Basic Storage Retained)





2. Industry
Output of Main Industrial Products



3. Service Industry
Service industry increased 134.736 billion Yuan in 2005. Share of service industry in local GDP is 43.9%, which holds the largest share among the three industries.

4. Agriculture
Unit: 10,000 Yuan






5. Features of Industries and Main Products
Chognqing is one of the six traditional industrial bases in China. It is an important mechanical industry base, general chemical industry base, medical industry base and instrumentation base (output of instrument a n d meter is only next to Shanghai) in China. It is also one of the major production bases of automobiles (Chang'an Group ranks forth in automobile industry of China) and motorcycles. Industries in Chongqing are mainly the heavy ones with complete types and strong abilities to provide auxiliary items. In the city there are mechanical industries based on automobiles and motorcycles and chemical industries focused on natural gas and medical industry. A group of predominant industries like metallurgy, mechanical and electrical equipments, electronic information, instrumentation, food processing, construction and construction materials, glassware and ceramics, etc.