This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2019-03-14 07:45
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
On March 14, 1997, Chongqing was upgraded to become China's fourth municipality after Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, as seen in the item from China Daily. The new status aimed to help develop central and western regions.
From 1954 to 1997, the city was under the jurisdiction of Sichuan province.
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