重庆作为西部地区的特大中心城市和唯一的直辖市,对西部大开发的基本战略思路是:利用３个层面的９大优势,构筑３大经济高地,发挥３大功能。充分发挥重庆作为西部地区唯一直辖市、唯一拥有长江黄金水道和处于三峡库区腹地、位居东部经济发达地区与西部资源富集地区结合点的优势, As a mega-center city and the only municipality directly under the Central Government in the western region, Chongqing’s basic strategy for developing the western region is to make use of the three major advantages of the three levels to build three major economic highplaces and play three major functions. Give full play to Chongqing as the only municipality directly under the jurisdiction of the western region, the only one possessing the golden waterway in the Yangtze River and being located in the hinterland of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, taking the advantage of combining the economically developed areas in the east with the resource-rich areas in the west,