Bird View Of Chongqing City Editorial Image

Bird view of Chongqing City. Chongqing , alternately romanised as Chungking,is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of the four municipalities under the direct administration of central government of the People`s Republic of China the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, and the only such municipality located far away from the coast. It is the largest city proper in the world.Chongqing has a significant history and culture. Being one of China`s National Central Cities, it 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 megalopolises`. Taken from a airplane.