Geography & Climate
Tianjin is located at the center of Bohai rim economic zone, northeast of North China Plain, between 38°34’N—40°15’N and 116°43’E—118°04’E, belonging to 8th eastern international time zone. Total administrative region covers an area of 11,760 km2, about 120 km to Beijing, the capital of China. Tianjin is a significant transportation hub and a sea port in north China.
Located on the east coast of mid-latitude Euro-Asia Continent and mainly influenced by monsoon circulation, Tianjin is an area full of East Asian monsoon, and has sub-humid continental monsoon climate. In average, its annual precipitation is 520mm to 660mm, 85% of which in summer and autumn, sunshine time between 2,500 –2,900 hours and average wind speed of 2.3 meters per second. Its annual average temperature is between 11.4℃—12.9℃ ...

Investment Environment
Tianjin has become a hot spot for foreign investment. According to statistics by the end of 2007, investors from 131 countries and regions have invested in Tianjin with the number of foreign-invested enterprises approved being20, 357 and the value of contracts signed with foreign enterprises reaching US$ 77.843 billion. Foreign investment in place amounts to US$ 39.75billion.
In history, Tianjin is one of the port cities opened up for foreign trade. A lot of well-known entrepreneurs and financiers came here to start business at early days. As one of the origins of modern industry in China, Tianjin always highlights a nature of ancient commercial city. Nowadays, it is the largest coastal city in North China. Its improving investment environment, appealing market and abundant return for investment have attracted a great number of foreign-invested enterprises...

Culture, Arts and Sports
Being a famous city of historic and cultural significance in China and the birth place of culture and arts in the north of China, Tianjin enjoys a reputation of “cradle of operas” and “motherland of folk art”. Thanks to the Tianjin's attention to the protection of intangible culture heritage, 15 items have been chosen in the list of national-level intangible heritage, namely, Beijing Opera, Baodi Pingju Opera, Tianjin Shidiao Art, Jingdong Drum, Yangliuqing Wooden New Year Paintings, Colored Clay Figurine Zhang, Heavy Knife Wushu of Hui Minority, Tianjin Drum, Hangu Flying Fork, Comic Dialogue, Jingrun Drum, Hebei Opera, Pingju Opera, Design and Preparation of Kites Weis and Tianjin Sacrifice Ceremony, etc..
Tianjin is a modern cultural metropolis too. In Tianjin museums and memorials, there are 570,000 pieces of cultural relics, includ