Population

　　The Sixth National Census (2010) data show a significant increase in the resident population of Tianjin, especially that of the non-native. Meanwhile, the natural growth rate of population remained low.

　　At the end of 2015, the city’s resident population is 15,469,500, a rise of 301,400 over the previous year; including non-native population 5,003,500, a rise of 241,700, accounting for 80.2% of the increased population. The natural population growth rate is 0.23‰, mainly due to an increase in the non-native population.

　　In 2015, Tianjin has an urban population of 12,784,000 and a rural population of 2,685,500, with an urbanization rate of 82.64%. The people aged 65 or above account for more than 9% of the total population. Judging by the international criteria for an aging society (with more than 7% of the population aged 65 or above), Tianjin is already an aging society, and the aging trend continues to develop. The number of Tianjin residents from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan or foreign countries has reached 22,800, of whom 32.21% study, 27.44% work and 12.64% do business in Tianjin. As for their 12.64%。distribution, the number of such residents is the highest in Nankai District, accounting for 49.22%; followed by Hexi District with 17.94% and Binhai New Area with 9.61%.

　　Ethnicity

　　Tianjin is an open coastal city with people from different ethnic groups. The residence of ethnic minorities in Tianjin dated back to the Yuan Dynasty, and soared in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Since the founding of the PRC, especially after the reform and opening up, the number of ethnic minorities in Tianjin has increased rapidly. According to the sixth national census, there are 53 ethnic minority groups in Tianjin, with a population of 329,700, a rise of 23.53% over 62,800 in 2000. Of the ethnic minorities, the population of Hui is the largest, 177,700, accounting for 54% of the total ethnic minority population. Other ethnic minority groups with population above 10,000 are Manchu (83,600), Mongol (20,300), and Korean (18,200).

　　There are 358 centenarians in Tianjin, the oldest aged 109

　　By the end of April 2015, there are 358 centenarians in Tianjin, including 114 males and 244 females, the oldest of them aged 109.

　　Tianjin International Elderly Village

　　Located in Tianjin Meijiang Ecological Residential Area, the elderly village offers a wide range of services to old people from different countries, including healthcare, entertainment, education, relaxation, etc. It is a non-profit organization, and its operating funds are collected or raised through various channels.

　　Talent Green Card, a creation of Tianjin

　　To attract innovative talents, Tianjin took the lead in China to open an express lane and issued the Interim procedures for the "green-card" introduction of talents to Tianjin. It takes no more than 15 minutes to go through the procedures, greatly facilitating services for the talents.

　　By October 2015, 10,095 green cards have been issued to talents.

　　Tianjin Ethnic Middle School

　　Founded in 1954, the school is a municipal key middle school, and the only state-level demonstrative school with ethnic education characteristics in Tianjin. Characterized by ethnic harmony education, the school attaches importance to international exchanges. It has established friendly relationships with middle schools from UK, Canada, ROK and other countries.