China issues plan for Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle

This undated photo shows Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing, the third State-level economic development zone in China. - Xinhua

BEIJING (Xinhua): The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council have issued a master plan for the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle in southwest China.

The plan, made public on Wednesday (Oct 20), aims to turn the Chengdu-Chongqing area into an economic circle with its own strengths and distinctive features, as well as a new driver and an important growth engine of the country's high-quality development, according to the document.