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Megacity and provincial-level municipality in southwest China

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Chongqing: Megacity and provincial-level municipality in southwest China
Chongqing, alternately romanized as Chungking, is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The official abbreviation of the city, "YΓΊ", was approved by the State Council on 18 April 1997, when Chongqing was split off from Sichuan province. This abbreviation is derived from the old name of a part of the Jialing River that runs through Chongqing and feeds into the Yangtze River. Chongqing is China's major modernized manufacturing base, a financial center and an international transport hub in Western China. Geographically, Chongqing is strategically positioned as a gateway to China's west, a key connection in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and a strategic base for China's Belt and Road Initiative.

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