Compiled by Tianjin Municipal Information Office Foreword Tianjin, a famous city of history and culture, is one ordinated and connected. United and full of energy, carrier rocket, the Sino-Singapore eco-city, so on and world, a high-end hub for modern manufacturing of the four municipalities of China and the biggest Tianjin residents are aiming for the best, and they are so forth. Apart from these, the Bohai Bank was put industry and a base for research and development, coastal opening-up and port city in North China. Situ- determined to have better performance. Tianjin is into operation as the first national joint-equity com- and the international shipping and logistics center of ated in the north-east of North China Plain, it occupies emerging as a rising star along the Bohai Sea Coast. mercial bank in the past decade. The Bohai Indus- North China. The Area will gradually develop into the lower reach of the Haihe River and is located at the trial Fund has been established in Tianjin, taking the an economically prosperous, socially harmonious center of the Bohai Bay, covering an area of 11,919.7 Developing Binhai Hot Area lead in the nation’s development campaign of private and environmentally friendly new eco-city suitable square kilometers and enjoying a coastline of 153.3 equity. The integrated and comprehensive reform for human habitation. In the 1980s, Shenzhen City was the focus of atten- kilometers, from which it has derived the names of and experimental plan of the Area has been approved tion. In the 1990s, Pudong Area was in the spotlight. “Lower Tip of Nine Rivers” and “Communications by the State, which includes pioneering moves such It is Tianjin’s show time in the 21 Century. Building a Leading Industrial Position Center of Rivers and the Sea”. Six hundred years of as venture capital, international factoring business, with Innovation history has nurtured a rich culture of the city and its Proposals of the Central Committee of the Com- financial lease, foreign exchange reform and com- In the spirit of high-end orientation, high-quality special geographic situation has created a unique munist Party of China have changed from “further prehensive operating pilot points. The system and orientation and high-technology orientation, Tianjin natural environment. The city is located east to the exerting the force of special economic zones and mechanism innovation has become a powerful tool energetically develops high and new technology Bohai Sea and north to the Yanshan Mountain. The Shanghai Pudong New Area, pushing forward the in the development of this area. industry and consolidates the advantages of its 72-kilometer Haihe River flows across the city like a development and opening-up of advantageous ar- electronic information industry, expanding scales of jade belt. In the new century, Tianjin, blessed by its eas such as Tianjin Binhai New Area” to “…better The Area has shown its strength in the project- modern pharmacy industry and the like, accelerating vantage spirit, is right on track to modernization. exerting the important force of special economic concentrating zones, the development of industry the industrialization of new energy sources and mate- zones, Shanghai Pudong New Area and Tianjin clusters, the efficient use of resources and integrated rials as well as environmental protection industry, re- At the new stage of the new century, based on the ho- Binhai New Area in the Reform and Open-up and function development. Besides, modern manufactur- invigorating traditional industries such as equipment listic socio-economical developing blueprint of Chi- the independent innovation campaign”; and from ing industries are driving forward fast, including na, the Central Government of China and the State “…expediting the development and opening-up of electronic information, space flight and aviation, manufacturing industry and light industry and textile Council have made important strategic planning to Tianjin Binhai New Area has become a crucial step petrol chemistry, equipment manufacturing and so industry, promoting newly emerging industries like push forward the development and opening-up of in the development of areas around Bohai Sea and on so forth. Furthermore, modern service industries, spaceflight and aviation, pushing up the industrial Tianjin Binhai New Area. The area is also entrusted the whole country” to “…should correctly define its including finance, logistics, convention and exhibition chains to an high-end position. “Made by Tianjin” is with important tasks of being a growth engine to function, perfect the systems, highlight the develop- and outsourcing, are growing rapidly. At present, the expected to change into “Created by Tianjin”. drive up the economical development of the area of ing direction and make full use of Binhai New Area Binhai New Area embodies the best development area Unmanned aircraft, spacecrafts manufacturing, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province and the circum- in leading the fast and healthy socio-economic devel- of China, the biggest international logistics center in digital video motoring chip, optical communication, Bohai Sea region, promoting the interaction between opment of the (Tianjin) city, making it the pioneer in North China, the largest bonded area with the most film photovoltaic cell and wind farm transmission China and the West and the balanced economical de- implementing scientific development perspective”. favorable preferential policies and a comprehensive and other new projects are forming new sources velopment of the whole country. Tianjin has become These proposals, reflecting the forward-thinking and port. The Tianjin harbor is a comprehensive port with of economic growth. With high-quality projects crucial in the economy of China and is emerging as a long-sightedness of the Government and the State a capacity ranking the sixth in the world. The Binhai backing up its scientific development, Tianjin’s sparkling point in the global economy. Council, have set a high expectation and made clear New Area has many advantageous resources, adopt- industrial structure has been successfully orientation for the New Area. Since then, the Area ing a clear developing structure of “one axis, one zone, optimized. The city boasts top mobile The Tianjin people are greatly motivated by the has become the focus of people’s attention. three urban areas and eight functional areas”. sense of responsibility generated by the era. With phone output capacity of the na- the Binhai New Area serving as the growth engine, A number of high-end projects are now in full swing, Gradually step by step, the Binhai New Area has tion; it owns the industry the downtown area of the city is developing fast and including the Airbus A320 project, the ethylene entered a stage of full development and opening-up. base of national modern the surrounding districts and counties are following cracker with one-million-ton capacity, the oil refin- Tianjin residents are seizing the second in building Chinese medicine suit. These three tiers of development are well co- ery of 10-million-ton capacity, the new generation the New Area into a window of North China to the technology; it has the biggest sea-water desalinization factory in internationally. It is also the nearest east starting point of rives and the sea and the long history of the city This is a city advocating harmony. Leading a har- Asia; it also has the State-level new energy industry of Eurasia Continental Bridge, an important port for have made it a livable and habitation-friendly place. monious life has become the most popular concept base, Dawning High-Performance computer indus- adjacent inland countries. Generally speaking, it is an among the people. The social security system has try base, wind-generating facility manufacture base, important window of China to take part in the global This is a city enriched by long history and diversified created a good service network to benefit low-income civil aviation technology industry base and last but and regional economic integration. cultures. During the Ming Dynasty, after fording groups, with housing system gradually sophisticated, not least hollow membrane industry base. the river at Tianjin (then named Zhigu) and wresting medical insurance reaching full coverage and the Beijing-Tianjin Inter-city Express Railway has the throne, the Emperor Yongle (Zhu Di) renamed security of society well protected. Bio-Pharmaceutical International Innovation Park shortened the trip between the two cities to only half it “Tianjin”, literally “Heavenly Ford” to indicate and other State-level scientific and technological of one hour, making them a closer economic zone. that the Emperor (Son of Heaven) forded the river at This is also a city which respects ecology. The city’s innovation platforms, metallurgy, chemical technol- The 250,000-ton deep channel sea-route has been that point. During the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor environment is improving every single day with ogy, automobile as well as a lot of industrial technol- finished at Tianjin Port, being the biggest man-made Qianlong had visited Panshan Mountain twenty- more green grass land spreading and flowers blos- ogy development centers speed up their construc- deep port in the world. Furthermore, electronic port eight times, leaving the praise “if I had known about soming around. It sets the pace for the country in en- tion. With privileges of knowledge- and intellect- and logistic information platform have been put into Panshan Mountain, why should I have ever visited ergy-efficiency as a water-efficient city, a model city intensive Beijing and Tianjin technology cycle, the operation, and “water-free ports” are established in Jiangnan (South of the Yangtze River)?” A lot of in environmental-protection and in all, a habitation- city is making the best use of the venture-capital- cities such as Shijiazhuang and Baotou by Tianjin famous politicians also gathered here and observed friendly and livable city.