Evaluation on the Integrated Development Level of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle

In the past few decades, the process of urbanization in China has been constantly accelerating, and it has already entered an era driven by urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas. However, the gap between different regions have dramatically hindered the further development of urban agglomerations. Hence, integration has become an urgent demand to promote development. Thus, this article takes the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle as the research object, and constructs an evaluation index system for the urban integrated development capability based on the two dimensions of “balanced development” and “development level”, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the urban integrated development of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle from 2010 to 2019. The results show that: (1) There is a great gap between the core cities and the other cities in terms of economy and public services. (2) The regional central cities can not play the leading role, and the gap with other cities is not obvious. In the opinion of research, Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle should pay more attention to the construction of road network, so as to lay a foundation for high-quality development. Additionally, Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle should strengthen the connection between core cities and other cities, promote the coordinated development between all of the cities and the optimal allocation of public service resources, in order to improve the supply capacity of public services, so as to enhance the whole development capacity of the Economic Circle.