[2] The consular district included the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou, the Tibet Autonomous Region, and the prefecture-level city of Chongqing.

From its beginning, the primary mission of Peace Corps China has been to assist in the training of young Chinese citizens to become English teachers in the rapidly increasing number of junior high schools of the area, specifically, in the relatively undeveloped provinces of Gansu, Guizhou, and Sichuan, as well as the municipality of Chongqing.

Secretary Rice visited a relief camp in Dujiangyan, as well as an emergency water purification project donated by the United States.

[citation needed] In February 2012, a Chinese official entered the US Consulate General in Chengdu, setting off a political scandal that led to the downfall of Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai in what is now known as the Wang Lijun incident.

[5] In February 2012, Wang Lijun, the vice-mayor of Chongqing, fled to the Consulate General of the United States in Chengdu,[3] where he remained for around 24 hours, amid rumors of political infighting with Chongqing Communist Party secretary Bo Xilai, sparking off the Wang Lijun incident, which led to Bo's eventual ouster and trial.

[10] Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that some Chengdu consulate personnel were "conducting activities not in line with their identities" and "had harmed China’s security interests", but would not elaborate.

[13][14] On July 27, 2020, the national flag of the US was lowered at the Consulate General in Chengdu at 6:18 AM local time by a detachment of US Marine Security Guards assigned with the role of protecting US missions in China.