Chongqing is the transportation center in southwest part of China with exceptionally convenient water and land transport facilities.

In airway transport, Chongqing’s Jiangbei International Airport is a national-level all-weather airport, which has been approved by the Central Government as a port for issuing landing visas to foreign visitors. Currently in operation are some 50 domestic and international air routes such as those to Tokyo, Nagoya of Japan, Seoul of the Republic of Korea, Bangkok of Thailand, Munich of Germany as well Hongkong and Macao. There are flights to and from Hongkong every day and the air travel takes only one hour and 45 minutes one way. At present, the new terminal building of the airport designed by ARUP from UK is underway and will be completed and put into operation by the end of 2004. By then, the Jiangbei International passenger transport capacity of up to 15 million man-times.

In railway transport, the Chengdu-Chongqing, Xiangfan-Chongqing, Guiyang-Chongqing, Dachuan-Wanzhou, Chongqing-Huaihua, Wanzhou-Yichang, Chongqing-Suining and Chongqing-Lanzhou (now under construction) railway lines converage to Chongqing from the east, west, south and north.

In water transport, the River Port of Chongqing is the largest one on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and also the starting point to the world-famous Three Gorges along the Yangtze River and from here passenger ships can sail all the way down to Shanghai. At present, there are more than 60 luxurious cruisers in operation on this water route.

In highway transport, Chongqing boasts an efficient highway network, of which the Chengdu-Chongqing and Chongqing-Fuling, Chongqing-Hechuan and Chongqing-Guiyang expressways have been completed and opened to traffic. The ring expressway of the city totalling 80 km in length has been built and the Chongqing-Wanzhou and Guangan-Chongqing expressways currently under construction will be completed and opened to traffic by 2004. The light-rail transport system is being constructed and will be completed and put into operation in 2004.