[In the first half of the year, the GDP of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle reached 4.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%] According to the official WeChat account of the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of 2026, the Chengdu-Chongqing double-city economic circle achieved a regional GDP of 4.49556 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. The growth rate is 0.5 percentage points higher than that of the western region. The "leader" role of the western region continues to play its role. Among them, the added value of the primary industry increased by 3.7%; the added value of the secondary industry increased by 3.9%, a growth rate 0.2 percentage points higher than that of the western region; and the added value of the tertiary industry increased by 5.1%, a growth rate that was 0.8 percentage points higher than that of the western region.