Chengdu, abbreviated as "Rong" and alternatively known as "Jincheng," is the capital of Sichuan Province, a National Central City, and a pivotal megacity in Southwest China. It is situated in the western part of the Sichuan Basin and the heart of the Chengdu Plain, with geographical coordinates ranging from ‌102°54′ to 104°53′ East Longitude‌ and ‌30°05′ to 31°26′ North Latitude‌. The city covers a total area of ‌14,335 square kilometers‌, and by the end of 2022, its permanent population reached approximately ‌21.268 million‌. It administers ‌12 municipal districts, 5 county-level cities, and 3 counties‌.

‌Historical Evolution‌
Chengdu's founding history dates back to the ancient Shu Kingdom in the ‌4th century BC‌, spanning over ‌2,300 years‌, making it one of China's first batch of ‌Historically and Culturally Renowned Cities‌. During the Warring States period (256 BC), ‌Li Bing and his son‌ oversaw the construction of the ‌Dujiangyan Irrigation System‌, transforming the Chengdu Plain into the "Land of Abundance" where "floods and droughts obey human will, and fertile fields stretch thousands of miles." In the Han Dynasty, it was one of the "‌Five Capitals‌," and during the Tang Dynasty, it gained fame as "‌Yangzhou First, Chengdu Second‌." Throughout history, it served as the capital for several regimes.