Travel Guide Chongqing 重庆

A real oppidum whose first bridge dates back to the 1980 s, Chongqing was three times the capital: first in the eleventh century, where the city became capital of the important kingdom of Ba. Under the Yuan Posterior, in 1357, it was the turn of the military leader Ming Yuzhen to make it his capital. Finally, designated war capital in October 1937, it became full capital of 1940 for liberation in 1949.Known as Yuzhou (Yu prefecture, according to the ancient designation of the Jialing River) during the Sui (581-618), the city is called Gongzhou (Gong prefecture) under the North Song (960-1127), when Guangzong takes the title of King Gong, before being finally known under his current name, Chongqing, or «double celebration», when the latter is crowned Emperor.To this glorious past came a long experience of industry, first acquired in contact with Westerners when the city was open to foreigners in 1890. During the anti-Japanese war (1937-1945), China's economy collapsed on Sichuan, and Chongqing inherited the entire Chinese industry, boosting its production capacity.But the People's Republic stops the development of the city: left for the unrestrained industrialization movement of the 1950-1960 s, it suffered the same fate as Shanghai. It was only in 1992 that the Council of State opened Chongqing to foreign investment: Yamaha, Suzuki and many others track the path of economic success underway. An economic success that makes envious in the world of the peel, as the resounding trial witnessed the conviction of more than 100 people. The former mayor, the charismatic and ambitious Bo Xilai, was condemned to life imprisonment, as was his successor Sun Zhengcai, although both remain very popular in Chongqing today.The city todayChongqing is now developing out of standard for a Chinese city. The municipality keeps growing, both geographically and demographically. The city seems to be renewing each day with the ever-increasing building of new city centers. In this way, the constructions are ever more numerous, ever higher and ever more moot. If you take the airport airway from the airport to the city center, you will sometimes feel like you're in a video game or a large-scale urbanism simulation! An amazing place.