Chongqing kicks off nightlife festival

According to the government, 60 percent of consumption in Chongqing has happened at night in recent years, largely because of the city's daytime heat and humidity.

"Chongqing's nighttime economy has become a new engine for cultivating and building the city into an international consumption center," said Zhang Yongwu, director of the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce.

He said Chongqing is creating 16 nighttime economy clusters and 33 municipal-level night market blocks, to drive economic growth.