Tianjin is one of the four central government direct-gov-erned municipalities of the People's Republic of China. Shehas a total land area of 12，000km2 and a population of 11million. To her north lies tourism famous Jibei MountainForest; her east side confronts the Bohai Sea Bay whichoffers the worldwide linkage; her 150kin pius long coastlinemeanders along the golden belt of the middle part of BohaiSea Bay; and northwestward she is 110km away from Chi-nese capital city - Beijing， She is a geomantic land of trea-sures which integrates mountains， seas and lakes and animportant transport hub that extends nation wide andoverseas.

A Profound Historical Profile

Tianin meaning \"The Emperor Ferry\" has gone throughover 600 years of history since she was set up as a city in1404. Here is a place that produces many domestic andoverseas well-known political leaders， cultural celebrities，science elites and business tycoons. The place gives birthto No ls for a hundred plus products and industries in Chi-nese history， she is a cradle site for modern Chinese manu-facture and an earliest foreign trade port in China. Chinesecontemporary history shows that Tianjin has been playing avery important role with regards to industry， commerce andtrade， finance and shipping etc. she had attracted manyoverseas industrialists and entrepreneurs and financiers tostrike bonanza here at very early stage of her evolution onceshe was established as northern China's economic and fi-nancial center. This is evidenced by about a hundred of vari-ous styled architectures of different countries left along theHaihe River that runs cross the center of the city. She isthus given the diminutive of the \"Exhibition of Universal Ar-chitectures\"

6 Major Pillar Industries and the AdvancedModern Services

Electronic and information， automotives，petrochemicals， metallurgy， biotechnology and modernmedicine， new energy and new materials and EP are the 6major pillar industries to be emphatically developed in Tianjin.In 2006， the 6 pillar industries accounted for 75% of thetotal industrial output value of all municipal enterprises thatare above the benchmark size (yearly sales volume exceeds5 million RMB).

In the meantime， in order to boost the overall urbanserving functions， the modern service industry is undergo-ing a rapid development that puts stress on financing service，modern logistics， leisure and touring， service outsourcing，and conference business etc.

Strong Science-tech and Educational Capacity

Tianjin is the birthplace of Chinese first institute of higherlearning. Present time， there are more than 40 institutes ofhigh learning in Tianjin， and her regional educational abilitycomes in third in the whole country. She owns about 1000science and tech RD bodies with science and tech strengthbeing at the forefront of the country. Tianjin High and NewTech Industrial Park is one of the first batch of such highand new tech development zones of the whole country sym-bolizing Tianjin's science and tech progress. Recent yearswitnessed the continued emergence of the accomplishmentsmade by Tianjin science and tech innovation system andknowledge innovation system. Lots of her science and techbig projects have been incorporated into the national sci-ence and tech program; there have been breakthroughsachieved in the fields like electronic and information，biotechnology， modern medicine and sea water desalina-tion etc. in 2006， her 12 science and tech projects wereawarded the annual state class science and tech prizesamong which one item got first prize for natural science， 11items carried off 2rid prize for science and tech progress.

Tianjin High and New Tech Industrial Park is the impor-tant origin and carrier to advance -Fianjin's science and techprogress. Energetically， the Park develops its own propri-etary high and new tech industries and strives hard to be-come a high and new tech base with significant impact andinfluence over the country， its major economic indexes havefor 10 years maintained a healthy and fast growth that keeps30% and above on average annually.

Rich Tourism Resources

Tianjin is a Chinese historical and cultural famous cityand an excellent tourism city of China. She is possessed ofrich tourism cultural resources and as the adage goes\"Tianjin is a mirror of late hundred years of China\"， sheembodies the contemporary historical course of China.

Tianjin is rich in places of historical interests and exca-vated cultural relics such as the 1000-year old large woodstructured temple - Dule Temple， the claim-to-be \"1 st Moun-tain East of Beijing\" - Panshan Mountain and Huangya PassSection of the Great Wall in Jixian County of Tianjin. Inaddition， there are many historical architectures like TianhouPalace， Cultural Shrine， Dabei Monastery， Muslim Mosque，Tianzun Pavilion， Tiancheng Temple， Dagukou Batteries，.Sea-view Church， and Guangdong Guild Hall etc.

Tourists could enjoy colorful touring programs in Tianjin.There is Jixian County touring and sightseeing area char-acterized by natural scenery and places o! historical interest;there is Tanggu Coastal Funfair area with striking sea gulffeatures; there is central city touring area marked by beau-tiful views along Haihe River， by the flourishing GoldenStreet， the Drum Tower Commercial Street and exotic 5Streets belonging to the old concession area of the West-ern Powers. Every year she hosts various contests and en-tertainment events with national characters and Tianjinindications. \"Clay Figurine Zhang\"， \"Yang Liuqing New YearPainting\"， \"Kite Wei\" and \"Brick Carving Liu\" are 4 majorlocal handcrafts of Tianjin that are famous far and wide.

The Brilliant Future for Haihe River Development

The 72km long Haihe River is the mother river of Tianjin.Through large scale revamping and development executedin recent years， a landscape belt， a service belt and an eco-nomic belt are taking shape running all through the centerof city. The upper reach of Haihe River courses about 19kmthrough urban areas where 42km2 are planned to developa water friendly internationalized metropolis image. A wa-terfront service belt and a landscape belt are being built withmodern public utilities as the core part. The middle reachruns about 18km long where 120km2 are planned to de-velop a return-to-nature touring zone spread with eco tour-ing and nature embracing leisure facilities. Also based onits good environment， an industrial park will be completedto focus on the RD of future high and new techdevelopment. The lower reach is planned to become a mod-ern port urban image zone - modern port logistics， tradeand processing economic area propped up by river and seaports and at the same time it will highlight the landscape ofa coastal urban center.

Business Exchanges Obtain Speedy Develop-ment

In 2006， Tianjin's import and export valued at 64.6 bil-lion USD， a 21% year-on-year increase. And the export ofmachinery and electric products and high and new tech prod-ucts accounted for 70% and 46% respectively.

By the end of 2006， the accumulative introduced for-eign funded investment projects reached 19，451 that hadactually used 34.5 billion USD. Among them are 33 projectswith investment of over one hundred million USD each.Automotives， electronics and chemicals are in dominantpositions， tertiary industries also have seen rapid surge offoreign capital inflows. 121 of the world top 500 have settleddown in Tianjin.

Located at the center of Bohai Sea Rim， and backed upagainst China's north， northwest and northeast parts， look-ing on Northeast Asia， Tianjin is the sea outlet for vast northand northwest regions of China and is the shortest easternstart point within China of the Eurasian Land Bridge. In Chinathere are 14 provinces， cites and autonomous regions thatTianjin could radiate through， their total area covers about 5millionkm2 accounting for 52% of the whole country.Externally， she has established trade relations with 180 pluscountries and regions. In 2006， the value of import and ex-port done via Tianjin Port topped 100 billion USD number-ing 4th in the whole country.

Orientation of the Municipality

According to the \"State Council Reply on the OverallCity Planning of Tianjin\"， it says: Tianjin is one of the fourcentral government direct-governed municipalities of thePeople's Republic of China， and the economic center ofBohai Sea Rim region. The development and constructionof Tianjin municipality should go after the sustainable de-velopment strategy conditional upon the coordination ofeconomy， society， population， resources and environment.Tianjin shall take the development of Tianjin Binhai New Areaas her key development， continually strengthen the urbanfunction， bring into full play the role of central city in order tobuild Tianjin gradually into an economically prosperous，socially civilized， science and tech developed， utilities com-plete and environment beautiful internationalized metropo-lis port city， into the economic center of northern China andinto an eco friendly city.