Chongqing Wartime Capital: Governance and Wartime Economy (1937–1945)

1. National government begins relocation to Chongqing

   Nov 20, 1937Labels: Nationalist Government, Chongqing

   • Chongqing History
   • Britannica

2. Chongqing declared China’s wartime capital

   Dec 11, 1937Labels: Chongqing, Nationalist Government

   • Chongqing History
   • Britannica

3. National Resources Commission shifts industry inland

   Jan 1, 1938Labels: National Resources, Industry

   • NRC
   • Britannica

4. Japanese air raids on Chongqing begin

   Feb 18, 1938Labels: Japanese Air, Chongqing

   • Bombing
   • Britannica

5. Chinese Industrial Cooperatives expand wartime production

   Aug 1, 1938Labels: Chinese Industrial, Gung Ho

   • Indusco
   • Britannica

6. Burma Road becomes key supply line to interior

   Jan 1, 1939Labels: Burma Road, Supply Line

   • Britannica
   • Burma Road

7. Chongqing designated the permanent wartime capital

   Sep 6, 1940Labels: Chongqing, Nationalist Government

   • Chongqing
   • Britannica

8. Great Tunnel Disaster highlights civil defense failures

   Jun 5, 1941Labels: Great Tunnel, Civil Defense

   • Cambridge
   • Eighteen Stairs

9. Inflation and corruption strain Chongqing’s wartime economy

   Jan 1, 1942Labels: Economy, Chongqing

   • Britannica
   • Hyperinflation

10. CBI Theater U.S. headquarters established in Chongqing

    Mar 4, 1942Labels: CBI Theater, United States

    • US Archives
    • CBI Theater

11. Japan closes Burma Road, tightening wartime shortages

    Apr 1, 1942Labels: Burma Road, Japan

    • Britannica
    • CBI Theater

12. Chongqing bombing campaign ends as war turns

    Dec 19, 1944Labels: Chongqing, Bombing Campaign

    • Bombing
    • Britannica

13. Allies reopen land supply route into China

    Jan 1, 1945Labels: Ledo Road, Allies

    • Britannica
    • Aerial War

14. Post-surrender diplomacy and treaties negotiated from Chongqing

    Aug 14, 1945Labels: Diplomacy, Sino-Soviet Treaty

    • Treaty
    • FMPRC

15. Nationalist capital returns to Nanjing, ending Chongqing era

    May 5, 1946Labels: Nationalist Government, Nanjing

    • Capitals
    • Britannica