Tianjin City

Tianjin is a municipality direct under the Central Government, as well as an opening city. It's situated in the eastern part of the North China Plain, covering an area of 11,300 square km. and with a population of 8 million. 137 km west of nation's capital, Tianjin is Beijing's gateway to the open sea.

It has a semi-humid continental climate in the warm Temperate Zone. With an annual average temperature of 12 degrees centigrade, and rainfall of 590 millimeters, it has 220 frost-free days per year. It's rich in petroleum, natural gas and sea salt along the coastal area.
 
As one of China's biggest industrial centers, Tianjin has built up an all-round industrial system with machinery, electronics, textiles, chemicals, metallurgy, foodstuff etc. as its mainstays. The production on a fairly large scale, of arts and crafts like hand-made carpets, Yangliuqing's New Year Pictures printed from an engraved wood plate, Zhang's painted clay figurines, kites etc. holds an important position in the country. Tianjin has already achieved successes in the operation of its Economic and Technological Development Zone in the northeastern part of Tanggu District, covering an area of 33 square km.

Tianjin is one of the most prosperous business areas as well as a distribution center for goods and materials in North China.

It's also a key hub of land and sea communications. Its port consisting of Tianjin, Tanggu and Xingang Harbours is an important Chinese Sea port, serving as the most convenient sea outlet for Beijing, North China and Northwest. The port accessible to ocean freighters of ten thousand tons class has opened more than 20 ocean shipping routes. Tianjin has a well-developed road transport network, regular air-service to over 30 cities throughout the country, and inland water shipping, in addition to the pipelines for oil transport.

Tianjin is a famous historical city. The best known scenic spots and historical sites include Ning Garden, Tianhou Temple (Temple of Heavenly Empress), Dule Temple in Ji county, The Great Wall at the Huangya Pass, the Panshan scenery area etc.  Tianjin is well known for its 19th-century European-style buildings of the former concessions. Some of the streets are quite pleasant to stroll along. The modern railway station, subway line, convention center add nice touches to the city.

Efforts are being made to develop Tianjin primarily into a financial center in North China, an international commercial city and a free port.

  1)location of Tianjin

2)A  fast developing city

3)the diveristy of the city

3)The history of  Tianjin

Port of Tianjin

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Port of Tianjin 天津港
Logo of the Port of Tianjin
Location
Country	People's Republic of China
Location	Tianjin
Coordinates	38°58'36"N 117°47'07"E
Details
Operated by	Tianjin Port Group Ltd
Owned by	Tianjin Port Holdings Company Limited
Type of harbor	Deepwater Seaport/Riverport
Land area	107 sq km [1]
Size	260 sq Km
Available berths	140 (2008); Production Berths: 101 (2010)
Employees	20,000 (2008)
Chairman	Yu Rumin
UN/LOCODE	CNTXG (formerly CNTSN/CNTGU)
World Port Index Number	60190
Nautical Charts	94363/0 (NGA/NIMA); 2653/4 （Admiralty); 11773/4(Chinese)
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	413 M ton (2010)
Annual container volume	10.1M TEU (2010)
Passenger traffic	60,000 cruiser passengers (2010)
Annual revenue	14.6 billion yuan （2008）[2]
Net income	803 million yuan (2010) [3]
Website	http://www.ptacn.com/

Coordinates: 38°58′36″N 117°47′07″E / 38.97667°N 117.78528°E / 38.97667; 117.78528

The Port of Tianjin (Tianjin Gang, simplified Chinese: 天津港; pinyin: tiānjīn gǎng),formerly known as the Port of Tanggu, is the largest port in Northern China and the main maritime gateway to Beijing. The port is often identified as Tianjin Xingang (simplified Chinese: 天津新港; pinyin: tiānjīn xīngǎng; Wade–Giles: T'ientsin Hsinkang; literally "Tianjin New Port"), which strictly speaking refers only to its seaport area. It is located on the western shore of the Bohai Bay, in the estuary of the Haihe River, 170 km south east of Beijing and 60 km east of Tianjin city. It is the largest man-made port in mainland China^[4], and one of the largest in the world.
Tianjin Port is the fourth largest port by throughput tonnage in the planet, and third in China, behind the merged Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan and the Port of Shanghai. It is also eleventh in the world and sixth in China in container throughput^[5]: 2010 cargo throughput was 413 million tons, and 10.1M TEU of containers.^[6] The port trades with more than 800 ports in 180 countries and territories around the world. It is served by over 115 regular container lines.^[7] run by 60 liner companies, including all the top 20 liners. In 2009 total quay shoreline was over 21.5 km with 101 production berths. Capacity is increasing at a high rate, with 550-600Mt of throughput capacity expected by 2015.
The port is part of the Binhai New Area district of Tianjin Municipality, the main special economic zone of Northern China, and directly east of the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area. The Port of Tianjin is at the core of the ambitious development program of the Binhai New Area, and change occurs at such an accelerated pace that information can become outdated in months.