As the central government calls for closer regional integration between Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, customs in the three regions have set up the country's first coordinated and unified clearance system.
China's leading energy and environmental protection service company, CECEP Group, announced to operate its leasing business from a regional headquarters in the Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone in Tianjin.
Statistics showed Tianjin's eight pillar industries registered a total revenue of 2.36 trillion yuan ($380 billion) in 2013, up 12.7 percent from 2012.
"Previously when people met me at the airport, they would say, 'Professor, I've met you at Davos' - but now they say, 'I've met you in Tianjin'."
Tianjin will host a successful Summer Davos meeting with "global vision", said Sun Chunlan, Party chief of the coastal city.
