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Jiefangbei
Jiefangbei CBD (), also known as Jiefangbei Business Walking Street (), is the ultra-dense, urbanized downtown core and one of several central business districts of Chongqing, China. It is anchored by a large pedestrian mall with a landmark monument tower (its namesake, "Jiefangbei") and surrounded by collections of tall skyscrapers. Overview The area surrounding the Jiefangbei monument tower makes up the main central business district of the Yuzhong District of Chongqing and is one of the most prominent CBDs in the interior Western China. Thousands of shops, bars, and restaurants are located in Jiefangbei CBD including numerous large international department stores, upscale designer boutiques, local street food stalls, movie theaters, bars, and dance clubs; all clustered in pedestrian only streets surrounding the Jiefangbei monument and pedestrian square. The Jiefangbei pedestrian square itself is lined with numerous giant mega-shopping malls with jumbotron LED screens and illu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiefangbei Night
Jiefangbei CBD (), also known as Jiefangbei Business Walking Street (), is the ultra-dense, urbanized downtown core and one of several central business districts of Chongqing, China. It is anchored by a large pedestrian mall with a landmark monument tower (its namesake, "Jiefangbei") and surrounded by collections of tall skyscrapers. Overview The area surrounding the Jiefangbei monument tower makes up the main central business district of the Yuzhong District of Chongqing and is one of the most prominent CBDs in the interior Western China. Thousands of shops, bars, and restaurants are located in Jiefangbei CBD including numerous large international department stores, upscale designer boutiques, local street food stalls, movie theaters, bars, and dance clubs; all clustered in pedestrian only streets surrounding the Jiefangbei monument and pedestrian square. The Jiefangbei pedestrian square itself is lined with numerous giant mega-shopping malls with jumbotron LED screens and illu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwest China. The official abbreviation of the city, "" (), was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, State Council on 18 April 1997. This abbreviation is derived from the old name of a part of the Jialing River that runs through Chongqing and feeds into the Yangtze River. Administratively, it is one of the four municipalities under the direct administration of the Government of China, central government of the People's Republic of China (the other three are Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin), and the only such municipality located deep inland. The municipality of Chongqing, roughly the size of Austria, includes the city of Chongqing as well as various discontiguous cities. Due to a classification technicality, Chongqing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuzhong District
Yuzhong District () is the central district and heart of Chongqing municipality. It is the capital of the municipality and is also the political, economical, and entertainment center of the city of Chongqing. Located in the central portion of Yuzhong is the Jiefangbei CBD, a leading business and financial center of western China. Surrounded on three sides by water, Yuzhong is effectively a peninsula between the Jialing and Yangtze Rivers. Due to the limited space, its hilly nature, and the fact that it is the main central business district for Chongqing, Yuzhong contains some of the tallest skyscrapers in China and is the most densely populated district in the municipality. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the relocated headquarters of the Nationalist Government were located in Yuzhong. Administrative divisions Economy Yuzhong District is the economic center of Chongqing. In 2015, the region's GDP reached 95.8 billion Yuan, the per capita GDP reached 147,524 Yuan, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chongqing Poly Tower
Chongqing Poly Tower is a skyscraper in Chongqing, China. Situated at the site of former Chongqing hotel, the building sits on 11831 metre square of land at the junction Linjiangmen and Minsheng Road in the central business district ( Jiefangbei) of Chongqing. It consists of offices, hotel rooms, and retail. It contains office and hotel space. The building was topped out on June 18, 2010 and completed in 2013. It is the third tallest building in Chongqing. See also * List of tallest buildings in Chongqing This list of tallest buildings in Chongqing ranks skyscrapers in Chongqing, China by height. The tallest buildings in Chongqing are currently towers T3N and T4N of Raffles City Chongqing, which each rise 354.5 m (1,163 feet). Chongqing is t ... References 2013 establishments in China Buildings and structures completed in 2013 Skyscraper office buildings in Chongqing Buildings and structures in Chongqing Skyscraper hotels in Chongqing Retail buildings i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chongqing World Trade Center
The Chongqing World Trade Center (WTCC, ) is a -tall skyscraper located in the Jiefangbei CBD area of Chongqing, China. The building was completed in 2005 after three years of construction beginning in 2002 and topping out in 2004. The building has 60 floors which can all be accessed by 12 elevators. There are also two underground floors used as car park. CRT Metro Line 2 has an exit at Linjiangmen Station in the World Trade Center's retail podium. The Chongqing World Trade Center is currently the 54th tallest existing skyscraper in the world when measured up to the spire A spire is a tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof of a building or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples. A spire may have a square, circular, or polygonal plan, with a roughly conical or pyramidal shape. Spires are ... and is the fourth tallest building in Western China (since being recently eclipsed by several other towers also in Chongqing). The building is tall when not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western China
Western China (, or rarely ) is the west of China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers one municipality (Chongqing), six provinces (Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ..., Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai), and three autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions (Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet, Ningxia, and Xinjiang). Administrative divisions Cities with urban area over one million in population Provincial capitals in bold. See also * China Western Development * Northwest China * Southwest China * Sichuan University, West China Union College * West China Union University ;Other regions * East China * North China * Northeast China * Northern and southern China * South Central China References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jialing River
The Jialing River, formerly known by numerous other names, is a major tributary of the Yangtze River in the Sichuan Basin. It is named after the Jialing Valley in Feng County, Shaanxi through which it flows. The Jialing River's most notable characteristic was formerly its pellucid green waters. It is also notable for its sinuous course in its lower reaches. From Zhangwang Miao (Temple of Zhangfei) in Langzhong to the mouth, the distance as the crow flies is . However the river itself travels . The most tortuous part of its course is between Nanchong and Wusheng County. Names The name Jialing did not come into general use until the Tang Dynasty.. Before that, it was generally known as the Ba, although it also appears as the Lang and Yu as well. In the 19th century, it was known by the Sichuanese as the Small or Little River, by comparison with the Jinsha and Yangtze. Geography The source of the Jialing, in name, is in the Jialin, which means " the tomb of Jia（嘉陵 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chongqing World Financial Center
The Chongqing World Financial Center, also known as Global Financial Building (; ) is a late-modernist supertall skyscraper in Chongqing, China. The -tall office tower contain 79 floors. The skyscraper was first proposed in 2007 and broke ground in 2010. Construction of the glass and steel-building was completed in 2014. Upon completion, it was the tallest building in Chongqing, and has been surpassed by the Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center in 2017. See also *List of tallest buildings in Chongqing *List of tallest buildings in China China has the largest number of tall buildings in the world, surpassing that of the top eleven largest, the United States (850+), United Arab Emirates (310+), South Korea (270+), Japan (270+), Malaysia (260+), India (220+), Australia (140+), Indo ... References 2014 establishments in China Office buildings completed in 2014 Skyscraper office buildings in Chongqing {{China-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chongqing Tall Tower
Chongqing Tall Tower is a supertall skyscraper with 101 floors and with a roof height of planned for Chongqing, China. The design has gone through several versions, requiring the demolition of the base for a previous version of the project, but the project was cancelled in December 3th 2022. See also *List of tallest buildings in China *List of tallest buildings in Chongqing *List of buildings with 100 floors or more This is a list of buildings with 100 floors or more above ground. Dubai and Chicago have three buildings with at least 100 floors. Completed buildings This list includes buildings whose construction is complete, or are topped-out. Buildin ... References {{coord, 29, 33, 27, N, 106, 34, 15, E, region:CN-50_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title Buildings and structures under construction in China Skyscraper office buildings in Chongqing Skyscrapers in Chongqing Skyscraper hotels in Chongqing Residential skyscrapers in China Retail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedestrian Mall
Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town reserved for pedestrian-only use and in which most or all automobile traffic is prohibited. Converting a street or an area to pedestrian-only use is called ''pedestrianisation''. Pedestrianisation usually aims to provide better accessibility and mobility for pedestrians, to enhance the amount of shopping and other business activities in the area or to improve the attractiveness of the local environment in terms of aesthetics, air pollution, noise and crashes involving motor vehicle with pedestrians. However, pedestrianisation can sometimes lead to reductions in business activity, property devaluation, and displacement of economic activity to other areas. In some cases, traffic in surrounding areas may increase, due to displacement, rather than substitution of car traffic. None ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CQ WTC
CQ may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''CQ'' (film), a 2001 film * '' La CQ'', a Cartoon Network sitcom * Cinémathèque québécoise, a Montreal film museum People * CQ (playwright) or C. Quintana, a Cuban-American playwright, poet, and writer Places * Central Queensland (geographical division of Queensland) * Chongqing, China (Guobiao abbreviation CQ) * Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS Pub 10-4 or obsolete NATO digram CQ) Publications * ''CQ Amateur Radio'' * ''CQ ham radio'' * CQ Press, a US publisher in government and politics *''The China Quarterly'', a journal published by Cambridge University Press * Congressional Quarterly, a US publishing company Science and technology * Conjunctive query, in relational databases and database theory * CQ (call), in radio communications, a general call, to anyone who receives it * Norinco CQ, a variant of the AR-15 rifle * ''Cissus quadrangularis'', medicinal plant from the grape family * Adobe Experience Manager, formerly CQ, a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrefour
Carrefour () is a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation headquartered in Massy, France. The eighth-largest retailer in the world by revenue, it operates a chain of hypermarkets, groceries stores and convenience stores, which as of December 2021, comprises its 13,894 stores in over 30 countries. History The first Carrefour shop (not a hypermarket) opened in 1960, within suburban Annecy, near a crossroads (hence the name, ''carrefour'' means ''crossroads'' in French). The group was created in 1958 by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey, who attended and were influenced by several seminars in the United States led by "the Pope of retail" Bernardo Trujillo. The Carrefour group was the first in Europe to open a hypermarket, a large supermarket, and a department store under the same roof. They opened their first hypermarket on 15 June 1963 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, near Paris. In April 1976, Carrefour launched a private label ''Produits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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