June 18, 1997 (May 14), Landmarks, Chongqing municipality formally.

1997 6 18 morning, more than 3,500 people from all walks of life of Chongqing representatives held the the municipalities listed unveiling the General Assembly. In 10:00, five brand symbol of the divine authority of the party and the people: the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, Chongqing Municipal People's Congress, the People's Government of Chongqing, Chongqing Political Consultative Conference, the CPC Chongqing Municipal Discipline Inspection Commission, accompanied by thunderous applause, with red silk slipped off the screen out.
1997 3 14, the Fifth Session of the National People's Congress eighth through the motion of the establishment of Chongqing municipality, given her further play to the advantage of the location of the center of the city, leading role, window and radiation to drive to the southwest region and the Yangtze River the upstream regional economic, and social development of the historic mission.
Chongqing Party Secretary Zhang Delin said in his speech: to rely on the city's 10 million people of all nationalities, deepening reform, opening wider to the outside world, self-reliance, hard work in support of the other provinces and municipalities, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, united, hard in the development of the Three Gorges, the revitalization of Chongqing, Chongqing become the economic center of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.