Chengdu used to refer to "seven districts and twelve counties", but this is not the case now. The territory of Chengdu is gradually expanding, and the administrative scope is much larger than before.

There are nine districts in Chengdu: Qingyang District, Jinjiang District, jinniu district, chenghua district, Wuhou District, qingbaijiang district, Longquanyi District, Xindu District and Wenjiang District. Qingyang, Jinjiang, Jinniu, Chenghua and Wuhou are urban areas. High-tech zone is sometimes considered as one of the urban areas, but it is not a first-level government system (other districts have district people's governments, and high-tech zones only have management committees).

Generally speaking, "seven areas" refers to:

Jinjiang District, Qingyang District, jinniu district, Wuhou District, chenghua district, Longquanyi District and qingbaijiang district.

Twelve counties: Xindu, Wenjiang, Pixian, Pengzhou and Dujiangyan.

Chongzhou (Chongqing County), Shuangliu, Xinjin, Dayi, Jintang, Qionglai and Pujiang