Chongqing

American  

[chawng-ching] / ˈtʃɔŋˈtʃɪŋ /

(Older Spelling) Chungking

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in southeastern Sichuan province, in southern central China, on the Chang Jiang: provisional capital of China 1937–46.

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Chongqing British  

/ ˈtʃʊŋˈtʃɪŋ /

noun

1. Former name: Pahsien.  a river port in SW China, capital of Chongqing municipality (traditionally in Sichuan province) at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers: site of a city since the 3rd millennium _bc ; wartime capital of China (1938–45); major trade centre for W China. Pop: 4 975 000 (2005 est)

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Chongqing Cultural  

1. City in south-central China on the Yangtze River; commercial center for western China, commanding a large river trade.

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Chongqing

Jiang became the party chief of a neighboring city in 2022 and became vice mayor of the inland megacity of Chongqing the next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

In the industrious south, automation is reshaping factories and supply chains, and megacities like Chongqing have become the stuff of influencers' feeds.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Chongqing leads the country in car manufacturing, underpinning China's position as the world's largest car-maker.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a bipartisan US think tank, has reported on a "dark factory" in Chongqing, in the south of the country.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

If the robot only needs to do a repetitive task - the kind it might do at that Chongqing car factory - it only needs a relatively simple robot brain.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026