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.
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.
The "Liangjiang Forum" hosted a legal knowledge lecture.
SGMW base in Chongqing is expected to begin operation.
An ceremony marked the founding of the International Medium and Small Enterprises Exhibition and Trade Center on July 18.
Chongqing become host of the 25th International Porcine Veterinary Society Congress.
John Edwards, the UK trade commissioner for China, praised Chongqing over its rise as a burgeoning center in intelligent manufacturing.