Welcome to Chengdu
Welcome to Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, where giant pandas delight tourists at the Chengdu Breeding Research Base and artisans create porcelains at the People’s Garden. Though a modern city, life in Chengdu takes place on the back streets where crowds are waiting outside hot-pot restaurants and tea houses are abuzz with mahjong players and their noisy tile-shuffling game. This is a city that once inspired the great Tang dynasty poet Dufu, whose residence still stands and today it continues to celebrate one of its greatest military strategist Zhugeliang, at the famous Wuhou Shrine.
Facts
| Population | 14.0476 million |
| Currency | 1 RMB =10 jiao |
| Opening hours | Office hours are 9:00-17:30 or 18:00, Monday to Friday. Banks are open from 9:00-16:00 on weekends. Most malls and supermarkets close at 22:00. |
| Newspapers | Chengdu Business Chengdu Evening News West China City Daily Sichuan Morning Paper China Daily |
| Emergency numbers | Police: 110 Ambulance: 120 Fire: 119 |
| Tourist information | CDTB (Chengdu Tourism Bureau) Xinnanmen Center Phone: +86 28 8548 2323, +86 28 8548 2233 Chunxi Road Phone: +86 28 8672 1166 Opening hours: 9:00-20:30 |
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