In 2021, the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle achieved a regional GDP of 7,391.92 billion yuan (about 1164.52 billion U.S. dollars), with a year-on-year increase of 8.5%, according to data released by the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Statistics on March 28. 

 

(Photo by Chengdu High-Tech Industrial Development Zone)

 

Its economic volume accounted for 6.5% of the national proportion and 30.8% of the western region, which is 1.1 percentage points higher than the west's average level, leading western China in economic development growth. 

 

Stable growth is the primary trend of economic development in the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle last year, reflecting six characteristics of steady economic recovery, enhancement of leading role, strong support for industrial development, powerful demand, remarkable effectiveness of collaborative innovation, and deeper multi-disciplinary cooperation. 

 

 

Edited by Lei Lei

Source: chinanews