This paper selects the data of each city and district and county in Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle from 2012 to 2020, constructs the index system of equalization of basic public services, and uses the Thiel index to measure the level of basic public services for five primary indicators and several secondary indicators in Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle, and the results show that: (1) The level of equalization of basic public services in Chengdu-chongqing economic circle is in a“Good”stage. (2) The degree of inequality of basic public services of social security, medical and health care, and education and culture in the total region is increasing year by year. (3) The differences in the equalization of basic public services between regions are most prominent in the deepening of the inequality of basic public services in social security and infrastructure year by year. This paper then analyzes the characteristics and causes of the unequalization of basic public services in the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle and proposes policy recommendations for the future development path.

Chen Huiwen. Exploring the development path of equalization of basic public services in Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 2: 32-36. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2023.050206.

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