设立重庆直辖市是党中央、国务院为加快中西部地区经济和社会发展所采取的重大决策。这一决策有利于充分发挥重庆的区位优势和经济中心城市的作用,促进西南地区和长江上游地区的发展;有利于组织实施三峡库区开发性移 The establishment of Chongqing Municipality is a major policy decision taken by the Party Central Committee and the State Council to speed up the economic and social development in the central and western regions. This decision is conducive to giving full play to Chongqing’s geographical advantages and the economic center of the city’s role in promoting the development of the southwestern region and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River; help to implement the development of the Three Gorges reservoir area shift