Located at the center of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Urban Agglomeration and Bohai-rim region, adjacent to the sea and with several rivers flowing through, Tianjin is not only an important hub of transportation that links the north and the south, the west and the east, but also an important channel for the neighboring landlocked countries to reach the sea. In recent years, Tianjin spared no effort to promote the development of railways, expressways, rail transit, and highways. The improvement of its transport system with “two ports and four ways” led to a more significant role of Tianjin in the reform and opening in the north of China.

　　Tianjin Port

　　Tianjin Port is a major seaport in China, an important hub in the national transportation system, an important foreign trade port in the north of China, and a key node in the modern transport network in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, as well as a link between Northeast Asia and the Middle and Central Asia.

　　Tianjin Port is a top-level, artificial, deep-water port in the world, as well as the largest comprehensive port in the north of China, with land and water area of 336 square kilometers. It consists of Beijiang Port Area, Nanjiang Port Area, Dongjiang Port Area, the southern region of Port Economic Area, and the eastern region of Nan’gang Port Area. Tianjin Port has established shipping and trade relations with over 500 ports from over 180 countries and regions in the world, with nearly 500 liners each month. Its lines extend to all the major ports in the world. In 2015, its cargo throughput exceeded 540 million tons, its container throughput exceeded 14.11 million TEUs, up 4% over the previous year.

　　With a full range of service functions, and strong regional radiation ability, Tianjin Port is the only Chinese port that has three passages in the Eurasian Continental Bridge. It has built the largest “one-stop” shipping service center, the electronic port, and the biggest international container transshipment base in the north of China. Its 4 regional marketing centers and 23 dry ports in the hinterland offer service over a broad area of nearly 5 million square kilometers, 52% of the total area of China.

　　Tianjin Binhai International Airport

　　Tianjin is one of the first Chinese cities to develop civil aviation transportation. On August 1, 1950, the first civilian airliners of the People’s Republic of China took off here. Tianjin Binhai International Airport is an airport for major domestic airlines and regular international flights, a national, first-class, aviation port, and one of the major cargo air-transport centers in China. It is also the first electronic cargo-transport airport on the mainland of China. In the future, it will be built into an international aviation logistics center and a large-scale hub airport in the north of China. In 2015, the airport’s passenger throughput exceeded 14 million people, an increase of 18.6 %; cargo throughput reached 217,300 tons.

　　Highway and Rail Traffic

　　In Tianjin, a highway network has taken shape with expressways as the skeleton, state and provincial trunk highways as the sub-skeleton, and rural highways as supplements. By the end of 2015, Tianjin’s highway length has reached 16,549 km, including expressways of 1,130 km.

　　As a pilot public transport metropolis, Tianjin will accelerate its rail transit development construction, enhance public transport capacity, and improve intelligent traffic management system to strengthen its urban public traffic system to better serve the passengers. In 2015, the volume of public passenger transport underwent a historic breakthrough, increasing by 2.6 % over 2014 to

　　1.857 billion person times; 2,435 more buses were put in operation. The interconnection of metro lines 1, 2, 3 and 9 marks the shaping of a rail transit backbone network in Tianjin. Subway Line 6 was partially put in trial operation.

　　Tianjin-Baoding Railway and Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway extension line were completed and opened to traffic; Yujiapu Center Station was put in operation; the construction of Beijing-Tianjin Inter City Railway (Airport Lead-in), Nan'gang Railway, and Jin'gang Third Line was accelerated.

　　The construction plan of Jing-Bin Intercity Railway, the second high-speed railway between Beijing and Tianjin, has been announced to the public. Once it is completed, it will take 1 hour to travel between Beijing and Tianjin Binhai New Area.

　　Tianjin International Cruise Home Port

　　Located at the southern tip of Dongjiang, Tianjin Port, Tianjin International Cruise Home Port is currently Asia’s largest cruise home port, with total planned area of 1.2 million square meters and planned coastline of 1,600 meters. Of the 6 planned large international cruise berths, by the end of 2015, 4 berths and their supportive passenger stations have been put into use at the home port. Now, the world’s largest cruise ships can berth there. The home port has an annual transport capacity of 920,000 inbound and outbound tourists.

　　Tianjin Binhai International Airport ranks 4th in the world in terms of passengers’ satisfaction degree

　　According to the Airports Council International’s (ACI) Passengers Satisfaction Survey in 2014, whose results were made public in February 2015, Tianjin Airport ranks the fourth among airports with passenger throughput between 5-15 million passengers, thanks to its excellent services.

　　Beijing-Tianjin Air-Rail Transport progresses, with 20 urban lounges opened

　　The opening of Tianjin Binhai International Airport Urban Lounge at Beijing South Railway Station marked the operation of Beijing-Tianjin Air-Rail Integrated Transport. Outbound passengers from Beijing with air tickets of Tianjin Airlines may get their land travel fares reimbursed at the air-rail transport counter at Tianjin Airport. Likewise, the inbound passengers to Beijing may enjoy the same service at Tianjin Airport Urban Lounge at Beijing South Railway Station. The whole process takes only 1 hour.

　　By the end of 2015, Tianjin Airport has established 20 urban lounges in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region — at Bejing South Station, Binhai High-tech Area, Tianjin Railway Station, etc.

　　Beijing-Tianjin inter-city railway: the first high-speed passenger railway in China

　　It is the first Chinese high-speed railway passenger line with completely independent intellectual property rights. With a train speed of 300 km, it takes only 33 minutes to travel between Beijing and Tianjin.

　　“Bus” WeChat public platform was opened, offering 5 functions

　　Bus arrival time

　　Get-off reminder at destination stop

　　Real-time traffic conditions

　　Alternative bus numbers

　　Get-on reminder

　　The opening of Tianjin-Baoding Railway

　　On December 28, 2015, Tianjin-Baoding Railway — an important step in transport integration in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region— was put in operation. Travelling by a high-speed train, passengers can reach over 120 cities (counties) within half a day.

　　Special lanes for buses have been opened in Tianjin. They have three advantages:

　　Increased speed of buses by 8%-30%

　　Improved punctuality for buses

　　Guaranteed right of way for buses