Chongqing

Chongqing, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of 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.Administratively, it is one of the four municipalities under the direct administration of the central government of the People's Republic of China, and the only such municipality located deep inland. The municipality of Chongqing, roughly the size of Austria or the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, includes the city of Chongqing as well as various discontiguous cities.