West Triangle Economic Zone

West Triangle Economic Zone 西三角经济区
The locations of the three cities which form the Economic Zone. Chongqing province is shaded red.
Province	Chongqing Sichuan Shaanxi
Major Cities	Chongqing Chengdu Xi'an Nanchong Xianyang
Government
• Mayor of Chongqing	Huang Qifan
• Governor of Sichuan	Wei Hong
• Governor of Shaanxi	Lou Qinjian
Time zone	CST (UTC+8)

Chongqing
Sichuan
Shaanxi

The West Triangle Economic Zone is an economic zone designated by the Chinese government comprising Chengdu, Chongqing and Xi'an. Created as part of China's Western Development strategy, the West Triangle Economic Zone contributes nearly 40% of Western China's GDP. Furthermore, Chongqing is one of China's five National Central Cities, while both Chengdu and Xi'an are Regional Central Cities.

The economies of all three cities are highly developed and serve as attractive investment locations within China. Many major international companies have factories or branches in the region, including Microsoft, Ford Motors, Citigroup, and over 200 other Fortune 500 companies.

Overall, the zone has a population of 118 million and covers 220,000 square kilometres. Various major expressways and railways run through the zone, and each of the three cities has a major international airport.

The creation of the zone was originally proposed by Chongqing in 2009, as part of the 12th Chinese 5-year plan. Xi'an and Chengdu agreed to the proposal.

In September 2009, the proposal was submitted to the National Development and Reform Commission.

The creation of such an economic zone serves a larger part within the China Western Development policy. It was hoped that the consolidation of three major cities into one zone would accelerate the development of other areas in Western China.