Already local governments in Fujian province and Chongqing allow private insurers to manage public schemes.
So there is urbanization within Chongqing itself, with the urban component now standing at about 46%.
In Shanghai the annual levy is 0.4-0.6% of a property's value, and 0.5-1.2% in Chongqing.
The other three, Chongqing, Madrid and Riyadh, were a mixture of the two types.
Word comes from Enstrom that as of December 27, 2012, Chongqing Helicopter Investment Co.
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The company turned itself into a national brand from its initial base in Chongqing.
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Each day, 1, 370 people arrive in Chongqing, China, most destitute and looking for any kind of work.
From Wuhan to Chongqing, Chengdu to Hangzhou, second tier cities are emerging as hubs for both international and domestic executives.
For example Chongqing in southwest China is now a powerhouse for motorbikes, while Shenzhen in Guangdong Province an electronics hub.
For example, Chongqing is building the development zones to attract investors that Guangdong pioneered in the 1980s.
Guangdong, he says, could learn from Chongqing's efforts to absorb migrants from the countryside into city life.
In Chongqing it applies only to luxury homes and in Shanghai only to owners of multiple top-end properties.
In late January, just before Chongqing and Shanghai launched their property taxes, the authorities announced new market-cooling measures.
The benefits of being a Chongqing urbanite still cannot be transferred to any other part of the country.
The Hilton Hotel in Chongqing in western China was briefly shut down recently and stripped of its star rating.
Due to the frequency of electrical stoppages, the mayor demanded that Chongqing Konka's steady supply be given top priority.
Land for Chongqing Konka, for instance, was granted at one-quarter of market rates.
In Chongqing only 10% of the government's annual sales of undeveloped rural land are subject to the dipiao system.
The skylines of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other cities are much more impressive than those of New York or London.
On this blog, Gordon Chang wrote about explosive population growth in Chongqing, China.
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It is the desire to reduce these disparities that explains the central government's selection of Chongqing for experimental reform.
The much-ballyhooed experiment netted just 90m yuan in its first ten months, less than 0.2% of Chongqing's tax revenue.
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This autumn, Minsheng launches the first container service from Chongqing, aimed at inland manufacturers desperate to find new markets.
Some commentators in China have pointed out that Chongqing has a special interest in appearing tough on such issues.
Despite repeated attempts, a representative from Chongqing Light couldn't be reached for comment.
Users in Beijing and many other major Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, reported the same problem.
In southwestern Chongqing, more than 30 job fairs will be held this week to help migrant workers find a job.
In effect, Chongqing and Chengdu have created a new class of urban residents who enjoy the best of both worlds.
The cities of Chongqing, Wuhan and Zhengzhou, for instance, have allowed first-home buyers to borrow more from government-sponsored savings funds.
They earned 8 billion, or 47.6 percent of the box office, according to a report by the Chongqing Economic Times.
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