1. Beijing: Beijing is one of the first national historical and cultural cities and the city with the most cultural heritage in the world. More than 3,000 years of history has given birth to many places of interest, such as the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Badaling Great Wall and the Summer Palace.
2. Shanghai: an international economic, financial, trade, shipping and scientific and technological innovation center, the first batch of coastal open cities. Located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Shanghai is the leading city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the core city of G60 Science and Technology Corridor.
Tianjin: Tianjin is located at the confluence of five tributaries of Haihe River in North China Plain, bordering Bohai Sea in the east and Yanshan Mountain in the north. Haihe River winds through the city. Haihe River is the mother river of Tianjin. Tianjin Binhai New Area is known as "the third economic growth pole of China". Tianjin is the permanent host city of the Summer Davos Forum.
4. Chongqing: the economic, financial, scientific and technological, shipping, trade and logistics center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, an important strategic fulcrum for the development of the western region, an important connection point between the Belt and Road and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and an inland open highland. It is famous not only for its Jiangcheng and Fog Capital, but also for its mountain city.
About municipalities directly under the central government
1. municipality directly under the central government is the most important provincial administrative region in many countries, and this name is mainly adopted by China, North Korea, South Korea, Viet Nam and other countries with Chinese cultural circles. Literally, it is a municipality directly under the central government.
2. Municipalities directly under the central government often need more residents and usually play an important role in the politics, economy and culture of the whole country.
3. As an administrative unit, a municipality directly under the Central Government has different definitions in different countries. Even in China, the municipalities directly under the Central Government of mainland China are different from the provinces of Taiwan Province Province ("municipalities directly under the jurisdiction of hospitals"). The basic definition is that an ordinary administrative unit (see Special Administrative Region for details) can be as small as a people's government, a city, a township or even a village.
(Reference:
Baidu encyclopedia: municipality directly under the central government)