Liangjiang New Area was formally established on June 18, 2010. It was the third national development and opening zone in China - and the first in the inland - approved by the State Council, after Shanghai Pudong New Area and Tianjin Binhai New Area. It is located in the main urban area of Chongqing, near the north of the Yangtze River, and borders Jialing River in the east. Liangjiang New Area includes three administrative districts - Jiangbei district, Beibei district and Yubei district - as well as the northward new district and the free trade port area - and covers an area of 1200 square kilometers, including 550 square kilometers of potential development area, and a permanent population of 2.24 million.

Liangjiang New Area - one of the new focus zones for global industry transmission, a transportation hub of Eurasia international logistics, the area of strategic shift of China's development and the core area of the newly-established market in the inland.

Liangjiang New Area enjoys incomparable advantages such as convenient access to public transportation, a good industrial foundation, sophisticated comprehensive functions, huge development potential - as well as low costs and loose policies. Liangjiang New Area promotes its industrial foundation and capacity, and is building four opening-up platforms along with the industrial base - and investment continues to pour in.

While the development of China's inland area has long been hindered by traffic and logistics, Chongqing, at the upper reaches of the Yangtze, is particularly well suited to play its role as a gateway to western regions.

It boasts a large river port, international airport and railway network that has helped the city become an international trade and logistics hub connecting China, Europe and Southeast Asia.