Natural wealth and business savvy helps Chengdu shine

A general introduction

Chengdu is a city with a profound civilization of about 4,500 years and an urban history of some 2,300 years. Located to the east of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and in the west of the Sichuan Basin, Chengdu can see snow-capped mountains more than 5,000 meters high.

Chengdu is the city with the largest altitude drop — 5,005 meters — in the world. Its highest elevation is situated on Daxuetang, Dayi county, at an altitude of 5,364 meters; the lowest is in Jianyang city, at an altitude of 359 meters.