Unveiling the Hidden Gem: A 75-Year Transformation of Chongqing’s Bashan and Shushui

CCTV News:After 75 years of prosperity, we are trying to be the first to write a new chapter. Welcome to the special program “Fighting for a New Journey on the Road to a Strong Country Preview of the Republic” to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Next, let’s enter Chongqing together.

Chongqing, located in the southwest hinterland of my country, is the youngest municipality with the largest area and population in the country.

This is the birthplace of the “Hongyan Spirit”, the economic center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the national advanced manufacturing base.

Chongqing is located at the intersection of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The overlap of national strategies such as the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle and the Western New Land-Sea Corridor make this city unique and nationally important. regional development and opening-up model.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Chongqing three times for inspection and guidance, proposing to adhere to the positioning of “two points” and achieve the goals of “two places” and “two peaks”, play “three roles”, and promote the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle Construction and other important instruction requirements.

In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping entrusted Chongqing with a new mission of “striving to build a major strategic hub for the development of the western region and a global hub for opening up to the hinterland in the new era” during his inspection of Chongqing, which gave a strong impetus to Chongqing’s work and pointed the way forward.

Accelerate the construction of hubs and “mountain cities” to connect the world

Now let’s enter Chongqing, which is full of charm and vitality, through the aerial view!

30° north latitude and 106° east longitude: this is Chongqing.

It is the only municipality directly under the central government in the central and western regions and the economic center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River, Jialing River and Wujiang River flow through, the Qinba and Wuling Mountains stretch endlessly, and the magnificent Three Gorges are a poem for centuries. “Mountain City”, “River City”, “Fog City”, “Bridge City”… no name can fully summarize its characteristics.

It is known as the “Cyberpunk” city with its numerous skyscrapers and rich layers; it is known as the “8D Magic” city with its sky and earth, gutters and walls.

Chongqing is the only national logistics hub in the country that combines five types of water, land, air, manufacturing services and trade services. The Yangtze River “golden waterway” has direct access to Shanghai for 10,000-ton cargo ships. The China-Europe Express (Chongqing) international railway channel has been opened here, which now reaches 113 cities in Europe and Asia, with a total of 16,000 trains running and a cargo value of more than 540 billion yuan.

The new land-sea corridor connects 123 countries and regions and 514 ports around the world. The “Y”-shaped multimodal transportation crosses mountains and seas and goes all over the world.

Since the 1960s, Chongqing has begun to build its own bridges. Today, 20,000 bridges of various types fly in the cities and villages of Chongqing, and 105 large bridges span the major rivers of Chongqing. Chongqing bridges have created 17 world records, and 9 of them still hold the world record.

Today, Chongqing’s high-speed rail mileage has exceeded 1,000 kilometers. The “1-hour” economic circle jointly established by Chongqing and Sichuan allows the high-speed rail to function as a “transit”, allowing more than 1 million people to travel conveniently between Chengdu and Chongqing every day. With the construction of a rice-shaped high-speed rail network, by 2030, Chongqing will reach Chengdu and Guiyang in one hour, neighboring provincial capitals in three hours, and Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in six hours.

The annual passenger traffic of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport is among the eight largest airports in the country, with 130,000 passengers flying from here to the country and even around the world every day.

Today, Chongqing is building a national advanced manufacturing base. Every minute, two cars roll off the assembly line in Chongqing and head out to the country and even the world. One in three laptops in the world is “Made in Chongqing”.

Today Chongqing has become the most popular international tourist destination. Every person in Chongqing is proud of this landscape and this land, feels the warmth here and appreciates the perseverance here.

Today, Chongqing is trying to build a major strategic hub for the development of the western region in the new era and a global hub for opening up the hinterland, play a supporting role in the development of the western region, play a leading role in the “Belt and Road”, and play a demonstration role in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

This is the center of Chongqing!