 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokutanga kweHondo yeChipiri yeChina neJapan muna 1937, Kuomintang yakatamisa chigaro chayo chehurumende kubva kuNanjing kuenda kuChongqing. Muna 1939 guta racho rakaitwa guta riri pasi peExecutive Yuan uye muna 1940 rakaitwa guta guru renguva yehondo reChina. Chongqing yakatsungirira makore ekurwiswa kwebhomba masikati nousiku nemapoka makuru eImperial Japanese Naval neArmy Air Forces muHondo dzeChongqinguye Chengdu; hondo dzacho dzakarwiwa chose chose nemauto emhepo anopikisa uye kudzivirira kwedenga. Muna 1946, chigaro chehurumende chakatamisirwazve, panguva ino kudzokera kuNanjing. Pashure pokugadzwa kwePeoples Republic of China muna 1949, Chongqing akaramba ari muzinda wetsika neupfumi kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweChina. Muna 1983, gadziridzo dzezvemari dzakaitwa noMutungamiriri Mukuru Deng Xiaoping dzakaedzwa muguta racho. Muna 1997 Chongqing yakava mumwe wamaguta mana ari pasi pehurumende yepakati muChina, uye mumwe bedzi kumadokero kweChina. 