Chongqing is located in the southwest of inland China and the upper reaches of Yangtze River. It covers an area of 82,400 square kilometers, jurisdiction over 38 districts and counties.(Twenty-six districts:Yuzhong district, Yubei district, Beibei district, Dadukou district, Jiangbei district, Shapingba district, Jiulongpo district, Nan’an district, Ba’nan district, Fuling district, Changshou district, Jiangjin district, Hechuan district, Yongchuan district, Nanchuan district, Dazu district, Qijiang district, Tongliang district, Tongnan district, Rongchang district, Bishan district, Wansheng district, Wanzhou district, Liangping district, Qianjiang district, Kaizhou district;

Eight Counties(Fengdu county, Chengkou county, Zhong county, Yunyang county, Fengjie county, Wushan county, Wuxi county, Dianjiang county;

Four Autonomous counties(Shizhu county, Xiushan county, Youyang county, Pengshui county)

The registered population is 33.9 million and the permanent population is 30.75 million, and the urbanization rate is 64%.The majority of people is  Han nationality, besides, there are 49 minority nationalities including Tuchia, Miao, Hui, Manchu, Yi, Zhuang, Bouyei, Mongolian, Tibetan, Bai, Dong, Uygur, Korean, Hani, Dai, Lisu, Wa, Lahu, Shui, Naxi, Qiang, Gelo. The total population of ethnic minorities is 1.75 million, of which Tuchia has the largest population of 1.13 million, followed by Miao about 520,000, mainly distributed in five ethnic autonomous counties of Qianjiang Development Zone and Fuling area.

Chongqing’s landform is mainly hilly and mountainous, of which the mountainous area accounts for 76%, therefore it is called "mountain city". It has a subtropical monsoon humid climate. The Yangtze River runs through its whole territory and flows 691 kilometers. It joins Jialing River and Wujiang River. Chongqing is rich in tourism resources, there are magnificent landscapes such as the Three Gorges of Yangtze River, the world cultural heritage Dazu Rock Carvings, the world natural heritage Wulong Karst, and Jinfoshan in Nanchuan.