The Former Talati House Hotel, now Tianjin First Hotel was situated at 158 North Jiefang Road, Heping District and it is now an important protection historic architecture in Tianjin.
Standing at 157 North Jiefang Road, the former location of Jardine, Matheson & Co Ltd is the heritage site under city protection and the special protection historic architecture in Tianjin and is now used as an office building.
Situated at 108 North Jiefang Road, Heping District, the former Kinchen Bank is now the heritage site under city protection and the important protection historic architecture and is currently used as an office building. Kinchen Bank was established in Tianjin in 1917 by Zhou Zuomin, Ni Sichong, Ren Fengbao and Hu Bijiang.
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Corporation (HSBC) was founded in 1864 with its headquarter in Hong Kong. HSBC Tianjin Branch opened in 1881, being the first foreign capital bank in the City. It served as the main international settlement & trustee bank, dealing with the foreign trade, custom duty & salt tax, and banknote issue in the city.
The bank was originally founded by means of the joint Franco-Russian capital with its headquarter in Petersburg, Russia. It opened its Tianjin Branch next year in 1896, mainly dealing with the Chinese tax affairs and issuing Rubles to aid its speculative transactions in China.
