重庆作为西部地区惟一的直辖市,在政治、经济、文化建设等方面具有十分重要的战略地位;重庆集大城市、大农村、大库区、大山区和多民族地区于一体,城乡二元结构矛盾十分突出。因此,在促进区域协调发展中具有十分重要的战略地位。重庆社会保障工作走在西部的前列,不仅为我国西部乃至全国社会保障体制的完善提供样板,也对构建 Chongqing, as the only municipality directly under the Central Government in the western region, has a very important strategic position in political, economic and cultural construction. Chongqing is a city with large cities, large rural areas, large reservoir areas, large mountainous areas and multi-ethnic areas, and the contradiction between urban and rural dual structures Very prominent. Therefore, it plays a very important strategic position in promoting the coordinated development of the region. The social security work in Chongqing is at the forefront of the western region, not only providing a model for improving the social security system in western China as well as the whole country,