Chongming District/county is under Shanghai Municipality. It is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Surrounded by the river on three sides, the sea on the one side, the Yangtze River in the west, the East Sea in the east, Pudong New Area, Baoshan District and Taicang City of Jiangsu Province across the water in the south, and Nantong Haimen District, Qidong City in the north across the water, with a total area of 1,413 square kilometers. In 2021, Chongming District has a registered population of 672,900. As of October 2021, Chongming District has jurisdiction over 16 towns and 2 townships. The people's government of Chongming District is located at 68 Renmin Road, Chengqiao Town.

The establishment of Jinghaidu Town (now Nantong) Chongming Town in the Five Dynasties was the beginning of the establishment of Chongming. The Song Dynasty belongs to Tongzhou Haimen County; Yuan time town rose to the state; Ming time down state for county; In 2016, counties were replaced by districts. There are G40 Shanghai - Shaanxi expressway, S128 Chenhai Road is Chongming southern cross - east traffic artery. Chongming main scenic spots are Chongming Academy, tomb of Tang Yicen, Shanghai Dongping National Forest Park. Chongming has won the honorary titles of "Town of Longevity in China", "National Ecological Demonstration Zone", "the first batch of National Agricultural Sustainable Development Experimental Demonstration Zone", "the second batch of Chinese characteristic agricultural products Advantage Zone" and so on.

In 2021, Chongming District's GDP reached 40.972 billion yuan, an increase of 4% over the previous year. The added value of the primary industry was 2.344 billion yuan, and that of the secondary industry was 10.735 billion yuan; The added value of tertiary industry was 27.893 billion yuan, and the ratio of tertiary industry structure was 5.7:26.2:68.1.