Chengdu

(Photo by Jiang Renke)

 

In 2021, the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle has achieved progressive results on its construction and development. Its economic growth continued to lead the western China, achieving a regional gross domestic product of 7391.92 billion yuan with the total economic volume accounting for 6.5% and 30.8% of the whole country and the western China, respectively.

 

As of the end of May in 2022, 151 key projects of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle's 160 key projects (built together by Sichuan province and Chongqing municipality this year) have started construction and finished a cumulative investment of 414.92 billion yuan, including 83.69 billion yuan completed this year (the annual investment completion rate reaching 45.6%), according to the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission.

 

• In terms of construction quantity, the number of projects for the collaborative construction of modern industrial system is the largest, amounting to 72 and attracting a total investment of 540.2 billion yuan.

 

• In terms of investment amount, the joint construction of modern infrastructure network projects claims the largest investment, with 40 projects estimated to have a total investment of 1346.1 billion yuan.

 

Chongqing

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In 2021 China issued a master plan for the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle in southwest China and pointed out that Chengdu and Chongqing propose to build an integrated comprehensive transportation system, become an international airline hub and build a world-class airport cluster in the areas.

 

Speeding up the construction of a world-class airport cluster in Chengdu and Chongqing is one of the important tasks of the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle.

 

In March in 2022, the Civil Aviation Administration of China issued a guideline on accelerating the construction of Chengdu-Chongqing world-class airport cluster which states that the airport cluster will take shape by 2025 and be fully completed by 2035.

 

On June 27 in 2022, Chengdu Tianfu International Airport will celebrate the first anniversary of its opening. It has maintained a good and stable operation since its opening. Chengdu is the third city in Chinese mainland after Beijing and Shanghai, and the first city in central and western China to have two international hub airports. Now, Chongqing has also started the planning and construction of a new airport, which is scheduled to be completed in 2030.

 

Chengdu Tianfu International Airport

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Edited by Wu Cuiyao