What is "chongqing"

Chongqing (formerly Chungking) is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities in China. Administratively, it is one of China's four direct-controlled municipalities (the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin), and the only such municipality in inland China.

The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the sub-provincial city administration that was part of Sichuan Province. Chongqing's population is just over 30 million with an urban population of 18.38 million. Of these, approximately 8.5 million people live in Chongqing city proper; Fuling District, Wanzhou District and Qianjiang District are in fact cities in their own right. According to the 2010 census, Chongqing is the most populous Chinese municipality, and also the largest direct-controlled municipality in China, and comprises 21 districts, 13 counties, and 4 autonomous counties.

The official abbreviation of the city, Yu , was approved by the State Council on 18 April 1997. 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 was also a municipality of the Republic of China (ROC) administration, serving as its wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).

Chongqing has a significant history and culture and serves as the economic centre of the upstream Yangtze basin. It is a major manufacturing centre and transportation hub; a July 2012 report by the Economist Intelligence Unit described it as one of China's "13 emerging megacities".

Chongqing is the modern Pinyin transliteration for the Chinese city Chongqing. It was previously commonly known in the West by the name Chungking, Chongking, or Chung King. This name may also refer to:

• Chungking (band), a British indie pop group
• Chung King Studios, a New York City recording studio
• Chungking Mansions, a building in Kowloon, Hong Kong
• Chungking Express, a 1994 Hong Kong film
• Chongqing Blues, a 2010 film from China
• Chung King-fai, Hong Kong actor
• Chung King Road, a pedestrian street in Los Angeles
• Chungkingosaurus, a dinosaur species first discovered in China
• Chungking bristle, an alternative name for hog bristle artist's brushes
• Chun King, a line of U.S. marketed Chinese food products developed by Jeno Paulucci