Chengdu is more advanced than Chongqing. Chengdu is better than Chongqing in soft power such as traffic construction and movie box office, with higher quality of life and higher happiness index. In the list of new first-tier cities, Chengdu ranks first and Chongqing ranks second.

Chengdu, referred to as "Rong" for short, is also called Rongcheng and Jincheng. Located in the middle of Sichuan Province, Chengdu is the capital and sub-provincial city of Sichuan Province, one of the first national historical and cultural cities in China, and an important central city in Southwest China.