Good question The Chinese Wikipedia has separate articles on article on Chongqing Municipality officially and the Chongqing Metropolitan Area This is because the administrative boundaries of Chongqing extend far beyond the immediate urban area The only other municipality in the PRC or ROC that even comes close in this regard is Beijing Yes the city is a major political entity because it is a direct controlled municipality which grants it provincial like status We have already discussed something like this albeit 8 years ago See this discussion HXL s and