Brief introduction

Introduction of Tianjin

The name “Tianjin” first appeared in history in the year 1403, also the first year of Yongle of Ming Dynasty. It bears the meaning of a place where the emperor ferried. In the year of 1404, the second year of Yongle, the emperor then started building city walls and a military base in Tianjin, which is called “Tianjinwei”. That is how Tianjin got its name.

Since ancient times, Tianjin has been a vital hub for river and sea transportation, which has played a big part for the economic communication and development for North and South China.

Tianjin was among the first cities in China that had communications and connections with modern western cultures. After Tianjin opened as a trading port in 1860, it became the gateway to the north of China and a base for modern China’s Westernization Movement. Since then, Tianjin has set out to modernize its railway, telegraph, telephone, postal service, mining, modern education, legislation and military systems. At that time, Tianjin was the second largest industrial and commercial city and the biggest financial and trading center in North China.

After the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, as a municipality directly under the Central Government, Tianjin achieved rapid and comprehensive development in both economic construction and social undertakings. Since the reform and opening up policy was adopted in 1978, Tianjin has made tremendous achievements in all aspects as one of the first coastal port cities opening to the rest of the world. In 2006, the development of Binhai New Area was included as part of China’s overall development strategy. Tianjin has become a regional emerging economic engine following Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area. In the future, Tianjin will be an international port and sustainable city with a prosperous economy, civilized society, high-level education and scientific development, complete infrastructure and beautiful environment, functioning as the economic center of the North of China.

Map

Map of Tianjin

Detailed map of Tianjin.

Map of Binhai New Area