ChengduisthecapitalofSichuanProvinceandanimportantindustrial，commercialandfinancialcityinsouthwesternChina.
Locatedinoneifthecountry'srichestagriculturalplains，Chengduhas12，390sq.km.Byrail，Chengduis2，048kmfromBeijingandslightlyover2hoursbyairofBeijing.Itcanalsobereachedbyalessthan20hourstrainrideswithabout250Kmoftunnels.ChengduhasdirectdomesticandinternaflightsfromelsewhereinChina，HongKongandsomeneibouringcountries.Withanaltitudeof500meters，ithasatemperateclimateandabudantrainfallinsummer.ThepopulationofChengduisabout9.60million-dividedamong8districts，4outlyihgcitiesand8counties.About1.4millionpeopleresideinthecitycenter.
chengduhasahistoryofover2000years.centuryBC，thekingofShumovedhiscapitaltothissite.AtfirstChengduWasonlyacountycenter.Thesecondyearitturnekintoametropolis.Itdevelopedsofastthatthecityreceivedthename：Chengdu，whichliterallymeant"becomingacapital".DuringtheWesternHanDynasty(206BC～23AD)，thebrocadeweavingandtradebroughtsomuchprosperitytothelocalareathatthegovernmentsetupaspecialofficeintheSouthwestofthecitytomanagebrocadeweavingandtradebusiness.ThecitybecameKnownasJincheng(theBrocadeCity)afterwards.AnothermanewasgiventoChengduduringthefiveDynastiesPeriod(907-960)whenMengChang(孟昶)，emperoroftheLaterShuStatewasinpower.Theemperorlovedhibiscusverymuch，andhehadthoseflowersplantedatopthecitywall.Thehibiscusinblossommadechengducolorfulformilesaround.SoChengduhadanothernamecalledFurongCheng(theHibiscusCity).