Chongqing recorded a first quarter 2009 GDP of Rmb103.22bn, up 9 per cent year-on-year. This was 2.9 percentage points above the national average, and ranked sixth among the country’s interior regions. Those ahead of Chongqing were Guizhou, Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Sichuan and Shanxi.

Within Chongqing, Pengshui, Wanzhou and Fuling recorded the largest growth rates.