The number of regions that delivered double-digit economic growth in the first half of this year plunged, and growth in some regions was dramatically below the year-earlier level, figures from provincial-level governments showed.
Apple opened a new store in Chongqing Municipality in southwest China on Saturday, bringing the number of Apple stores in the Chinese mainland to 11.
A citizen selects books through an electronic borrowing machine at a shopping mall in Chongqing, southwest China, July 22, 2014.
A scenic area in Chongqing Municipality has sued producers of "Transformers: Age of Extinction" Tuesday for failing to show its logo in the movie.
A worker sprays water to a hippo at the safari park in Yongchuan District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 22, 2014. The
On July 21, Liangjiang New Area Administrative Committee in Chongqing Municipality, announced that in the first half of this year, the total import and export trade in the district reached 147.9 billion yuan ($23.68 billion), an increase of 83.7 percent year-on-year, accounting for 55.3 percent of the city's total import and export trade of 267.49 billion yuan.
In the first half of 2014, Liangjiang Guarantee Company made loans to 102 projects totaling 1.3 billion yuan ($0.2 billion) in a bid to boost the development of small and medium enterprises.
On the Chishui River in southwest China's Guizhou province, river chiefs are responsible for watercourses, much as mayors, and county or district heads are responsible for their beats.
Liangjiang opened a “Recording Liangjiang” photography competition.
Liangjiang Avenue and Yuefu Avenue are open to traffic in Liangjiang New Area.
John Edwards, the UK trade commissioner for China, praised Chongqing over its rise as a burgeoning center in intelligent manufacturing.