Electricity Power
Electricity Power 220V in China
Zone Telephone Code
China +86 Tianjin 022
Emergency and Common Telephones
Tianjin Touring Service Hotline +86 22 12301
Tianjin Touring Complaint Telephone +86 22 28359093
Tianjin Common Service Hotline +86 22 88908890
Tianjin Police Bureau Exit-Entry Administration Office +86 22 24458825
Tianjin Touring Bureau +86 22 28358812
Tianjin Donggang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau +86 22 66298248
State Administration of Foreign Exchange Tianjin Branch +86 22 23209000
Robbery and Asking for Help 110
Fire 119
Ambulance 120
Weather Forecast 121
Telephone Inquiry 114
Traffic Accident Alarming 122
On Water Help 12395
Weather Forecast 121
Time Service 117
Domestic Post Code Information 184
Domestic Express Courier 11185
Forest Fire 95119
Red cross Ambulance 999
Consumer Complaint 12315
Price Complaint 12358
Quality Complaint 12365
Communication
There are many kinds of calling cards, of which IC card is suitable for domesticcommunicating, IP card can be used for international or domestic long distancecalling, and mobile phone can use GSM, CDMA and TD-SCDMA network.Tianjin communication service providers include mainly China Mobile, ChinaUnicom and China Telecom.
Information Telephones
China Mobile 10086
China Unicom 10010
China Telecom 10000
Common Websites
Today Evening News----http://www.jwb.com.cn
Enorth Netnews----http://www.enorth.com.cn
Tianjin Touring Administration Website----http://www.tjtour.gov.cn
Tianjin Touring Information ----Websitehttp://
Tianjin Hotline----http://www.online.tj.cn
Tianjin Public Transportation Website----http://tianjin.8684.cn
Tianjin Food Website----http://www.022ms.com
Mango World----http://www.mangocity.com
Ctrip Websitehttp://www.ctrip.com
Tongcheng Website----http://www.17u.com
Yellow Pages for Mountains and Water Touring----http://www.lvyou114.com
China Touring News Website----http://www.cntour2.com
Sogou Map----http://map.sogou.com
Tianjin Touring Service Hot Line 12301
Tianjin Touring Service Hot Line12301 provides round-clock serviceof touring information to touristsat home and abroad with employees sitting and dialoguing, the scope ofwhich include basic information on hotels, restaurants and touring sites, aswell as tour routes and ticket prices, etc. In Tianjin you can dial 12301 directly,and a fare of city call is charged. You should add 022 before 12301 if you areoutside Tianjin, and a fare of common long distance call will be charged.
Tianjin Tourism Net (www.tjtour.cn) is an official website of Tianjin TouringBureau, providing authoritative and complete introduction to Tianjin touringand timely and fresh touring news. The special column, Touring Routes Supermarket,opened in 2009, offers a platform for the travel agencies of Tianjinto present and introduce products and marketing, by which tourists maysearch for the touring routes and local reception information of each travelagency through the searching forms of travel time, destination, routes pricesand specialty, etc.
Holidays and Festivals
Traditional Chinese Festivals
Spring Festival On the first day of the first month of Chinese lunar calendar, themost important festival in Chinese tradition. The customs include setting fireworks,visiting temple fairs, family gathering together and visiting each other, etc.
Lantern Festival 15th day of the first month of Chinese lunar calendar. The customsinclude enjoying rice glue ball, going and seeing lantern fair, etc., meaninggathering together and being lucky and smooth.
Qingming Festival From the 4th day to the 6th day of the fourth month of solarcalendar. The customs include eating veg only, going back to hometown to visitthe tome, to offer sacrifice ancestors, etc.
Dragon Boat Festival 5th Day of the fifth month of Chinese lunar calendar, toremember Qu Yuan, the great poet. The customs include eating Tzung Tzu anddragon boats racing, etc.
Mid-Autumn Festival 15th day of the eighth month of Chinese lunar calendar. Thecustoms include family members gathering together enjoying moon and moon cakes, etc.
Double Ninth Festival 9th day of the 9th month of Chinese lunar calendar. Thecustoms include climbing mountains, appreciating chrysanthemum f lowers andinserting the fruit of a medicinal cornel.
Other Legal Holidays
1st January----New Year’s Day
8th March----Women’s Day
1st May----Labor’s Day
1st June----Children’s Day
1st October----National Day
Currency and Banks
In Tianjin China currency of CHY (RMB) is used. Various major bank networkscover streets and roads, offering quick and convenient service of bankbranch, and also 24-hour nation-connected ATM and depositing machinesare also available. Once you have a credit card of one domestic bank, debitcard or deposit card, you can draw, deposit or transfer money easily at money-drawing machine and depositing machines marked with Yinlian. Mostbanks mark service telephone at prominent places. Visitors can dial for inquiryat any time if necessary.
If you want to exchange foreign currency, the following places are providingsuch service at the rate of the same day: Network of various major banks ofTianjin, foreign exchange places at entry-exit of airport and ports, star hotels,major sightseeing sites, etc.
Main Banks and Service Phones
Tianjin City Commercial Bank 4006960296
China Bohai Bank 4008888811
Bank of China 95566
Construction Bank of China 95533
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China 95588
Agricultural Bank of China 95599
Bank of Communications 95559
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