China’s Chongqing Liangjiang New Area heading towards open, smart region

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 -- China’s Chongqing Liangjiang New Area is picking up pace in its drive toward an open and smart region, with an innovative online promotion live show launched recently.

The live show was held on over 10 media platforms and displayed a wide range of tourism products and creative cultural products from Liangjiang, attracting over 20 million views, according to a statement from Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Administrative Committee.

The live show is a government-led large-scale cultural tourism promotion activity that has drawn wide public participation.

Located at the junction of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River, Chongqing is a popular travel destination for home and abroad tourists, thanks to its three-dimensional urban landscape and unique cultural features.

Liangjiang New Area strives to build a smart city to help improve Chongqing's smart development, explore new paths of high-level opening-up, create a new engine of high-quality development, and bring fresh experiences of high-quality life to its citizens.

It has been pushing forward the integrated development of intelligent industry and traditional industry, facilitating the industry transformation and upgrading and building a sound modern industrial cluster.

Liangjiang New Area is not only spearheading Chongqing's economic development, but also setting up an important strategic platform for Chongqing to take the lead in opening up and driving the opening-up in western China.

-- BERNAMA