Thoughts on Speeding up the Foreign Economic and Trade Development in Chinese Western Area ------ in Perspective of Chongqing City

To implement the grand western development strategy and to speed up the regional economic development is a vital decision of the central government in the new century. Foreign economy and trade is an important component of national economy. To develop the foreign economy and trade in western area and to speed up the opening-up process is significant to drive the economic and social development there. Chongqing city, as the only municipality in western area, the growth of foreign economic and trade development will benefit the western area in general. Therefore, to study how to speed up the foreign economic and trade development in Chongqing is meaningful in practice. Since the execution of reform and opening up policy, the foreign economy and trade have developed fast in Chongqing. But there are problems in attracting foreign capitals.