Chongqing, known as a city, but because of 38 county -level jurisdictions, it is far ahead of other cities, even more than some county -level districts in some provinces.
So, from this point of view, Chongqing is actually a province wearing a prefecture -level city coat.
Some netizens have suggested that some county -level districts in Chongqing can be properly merged to achieve better economic and social development in the city.
From the economic scale of the county levels of Chongqing, it can be seen in the comparison with the national cities that it is necessary to achieve this.
The left side of the figure below shows the GDP of 337 prefecture -level administrative regions across the country in 2023, ranking from large to small; on the right side is the 38 county -level GDP of ChongqingRanking.
The curve of the connection indicates the ranking of Chongqing County -level jurisdiction in the same GDP -scale cities across the country.
The size of the top 50 in the top 50 of the cities in the country with Beijing, Shanghai and ShenzhenDifferent models are different in Yubei District, the largest economic scale in Chongqing. In 2023, GDP was 244.3 billion yuan, ranking only about 140 cities across the country.
The GDP of the Kowloon Po is more than 180 billion, but this scale is only after 180 nationwide, and it is at a medium -sized level.
The county -level district connected to the red curve in the chart indicates the central area of Chongqing.
In addition to the aforementioned Yubei and Jiulongpo District, the Jiangbei District and Yuzhong District of the central urban area are comparable to that of the Kowloon Po.
and Shapingba District, Banan District, and South Bank District, the GDP scale is about 100 billion yuan, and there is still a lot of gap between 100 billion in Beiyi District.
The scale of 100 billion GDP can only be ranked in more than 200 in the countrys prefecture -level administrative region.
The GDP scale of the 8 central areas in the aforementioned area is 1.2 trillion, accounting for about 40 % of Chongqings 3 trillion GDP.
13 county -level jurisdictions including Nanchuan District, Dadukou District and Qianjiang District.Administrative resources.
Perhaps, the Chongqing economy is taking off, merging these smaller county -level districts, and at the same time, the counties and autonomous counties under Chongqing will be upgraded to county or cities in counties or cities.The area under the jurisdiction provides a possibility for Chongqing to become municipalities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin.
