Tianjin

**Tianjin** () is a city in northern China. It has a population of 11,760,000. It has an area of . Built in 1403, Tianjin has been named by Yongle Emperor in memory of his success in occupying Ming capital Beijing through the harbor of Tianjin. It locates on the banks of the Hai River, west of Bohai Sea, south of Yanshan Mountains, east of Beijing. The distance between Tianjin and Beijing is 137 kilometers and it’ll take you only half an hour to go from Tianjin to Beijing by the Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway.

Tianjin is the birthplace of China’s modern mechanical industry and textile industry. Since the beginning of the Open Door Policy, Tianjin has been built more than a dozen industrial zones, creating a lot Chinese famous brand like Flying Pigeon bicycles, Seagull brand watches. Now Tianjin gradually forms 6 industries of electronic information, automobile, metallurgical, chemical, biotechnology and modern medicine, new energy and environmental protection. Among Fortune 500 companies, more than 106 have invested in Tianjin. From 1994 to 2008, Tianjin's GDP rate increased 12.5% on average, entered the ranks of China's rapid development area.

Tianjin is the birthplace of the first university in China. In 1895, some officials established the first modern university in China – Peiyang University, the predecessor of Tianjin University. Nankai University in Tianjin is a famous university in China. The first Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai graduates from Nankai University. Tianjin has 37 universities and has nearly 20 million students. Tianjin is one of the first nine-year compulsory education regions. The quality of workers is high. Tianjin has nearly one thousand scientific and technological research institutions, together with more than 600 thousand professionals in different fields. It has a large number of famous experts and scholars.

Tianjin is not far away from sea, so a lot of Tianjin cuisine is seafood. One of the most famous cuisine in Tianjin is The Four Great Stews, which refers actually to a very large number of stews, including chicken, duck, seafood, beef, and mutton. Tianjin also has several famous snack items. Goubuli is a traditional brand of Baozi (steamed buns with filling) that is famous throughout China. Guifaxiang is a traditional brand of mahua(twisted dough sticks). Erduoyan is a traditional brand of fried rice cakes.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **settlement type**: Direct-controlled municipality of the People's Republic of China, Municipality
- **total type**: Municipality
- **image skyline**: Tianjin montage.jpg
- **image caption**: Clockwise from top: Jinwan Square, Tianjin Financial Center and Hai River, Xikai Church, Panorama of downtown Tianjin, Tianjin Railroad Station, Tianjin Eye
- **image map**: Tianjin in China (+all claims hatched).svg
- **map caption**: Location of Tianjin Municipality within China
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: People's Republic of China
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: ca. 340 BC
- **parts type**: Divisions
 - County-level division, County-level
 - Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level, Township-
level
- **parts**:
List of administrative divisions of Tianjin, 13 districts, three counties
240 towns and villages
- **government type**: Direct-controlled municipality of the People's Republic of China, Municipality
- **leader title**: Party chief of the Communist Party of China, CPC Secretary
- **leader name**: .
- **leader title1**: Mayor
- **leader name1**: .
- **leader title2**: Congress Chairman
- **leader name2**: .
- **leader title3**: Conference Chairman
- **leader name3**: .
- **area total km2**: 11760
- **area urban km2**: 174.9
- **area metro km2**: 5606.9
- **population total**: 12938224
- **population as of**: 2010 census
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population urban**: 4342770
- **population metro**: 10290987
- **population density urban km2**: auto
- **population density metro km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: Tianjinese
Tianjiner
- **timezone**: China Standard Time, China Standard
- **utc offset**: +8
- **postal code type**: Postal code of China, Postal code
- **postal code**: **3000**00 – **3019**00
- **area code**: Telephone numbers in China, 22
- **blank name sec1**: GDP
- **blank info sec1**: 2011
- **blank1 name sec1**:  - Total
- **blank1 info sec1**: Renminbi, CNY1119.0 billion
(United States dollar, USD177.6 billion) (List of Chinese administrative divisions by GDP, 20th)
- **blank2 name sec1**:  - Per capita
- **blank2 info sec1**: CNY 84,337
(USD 13,058) (List of Chinese administrative divisions by GDP per capita, 1st)
- **blank3 name sec1**: Human Development Index, HDI (2008)
- **blank3 info sec1**: 0.875 (List of administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China by Human Development Index, 3rd) – <span style="color:#090;">high</span>
- **blank4 name sec1**: Licence plates of the People's Republic of China, Licence plate prefixes
- **blank4 info sec1**: 津A, B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M
津E (taxis)
- **blank name sec2**: City flower
- **blank info sec2**: Rosa chinensis, Chinese rose
- **website**: