Summary
For decades, China's economic rise was powered by its eastern coast. But as growth slows, the property boom fades and geopolitical tensions reshape global trade, Beijing is looking inland for its next engine of development.
At the heart of that strategy are the megacities of Chongqing and Chengdu, where billions are being invested in advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, logistics and transport links reaching west to Central Asia and south to Southeast Asia.
The push is about more than economics. It also reflects President Xi Jinping's goal of reducing regional inequalities and creating more balanced growth between China's prosperous coast and its less-developed interior.
Insight travels to western China to find out whether Beijing's westward push can create a new engine of growth and reposition China's interior as a gateway to the world.
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