There are 56 colleges and universities in Chengdu, with 7 1606 faculty members, including 47,463 full-time teachers. There are 729,338 college students, including 433,477 undergraduates. Among the universities in Rong, there are 5 subordinate universities (Sichuan University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Southwest Jiaotong University, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and Southwest University for Nationalities), 5 local universities (including provincial education department 15, other departments 165438, 4 municipal universities and 2 private universities). The total area of colleges and universities in Chengdu is 51758,200 square meters, with fixed assets reaching 53.83 billion yuan.
Chengdu is the capital and sub-provincial city of Sichuan Province, the center of science and technology, commerce, finance and transportation in the southwest of China, an important national high-tech industrial base, commercial logistics center and comprehensive transportation hub, and an important central city in the western region.
Chengdu is a national historical and cultural city, the best tourist city in China, the starting point of the Southern Silk Road and one of the "Top Ten Ancient Capitals". It was built in the 5th century BC and became one of the six major cities in China during the Western Han Dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms period, it was the capital of Shu and Han. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Chengdu people jointly issued the world's earliest bank notes, and the government established the world's earliest management savings bank in Chengdu. The history of more than 2,600 years of city construction has given birth to Dujiangyan, Wuhou Temple, Du Fu Caotang, Jinsha Site and many other places of interest.