Districts and Counties

　　As a municipality directly under the central government, Tianjin consists of 15 districts (Heping, Hedong, Hexi, Nankai, Hebei, Hongqiao, Binhai New Area, Dongli, Xiqing, Jinnan, Beichen, Wuqing, Baodi, Jinghai, and Ninghe) and 1 county (Jixian). The municipal government is located at 30 Youyi Road, Hexi District.

　　Brief Introduction

　　Binhai New Area District lies at the center of Bohai-rim Region, with a land area of 2,270 km2 and a 153 km coastline. It has a population of 2,970,100. This promising, dynamic and open new area is a new pole of economic growth in China following Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai Pudong New Area.

　　In December 2014, the State Council approved the establishment of a pilot free trade zone in Tianjin. Binhai New Area, the site for this establishment, will fulfill the mission of promoting economic development in the north, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region. In 2015, it achieved output 927.031 billion CNY, a rise of 12.8% year on year.

　　Heping District lies at the center of Tianjin city proper, with an area of 9.98 km2, a population of 346,000, and 6 community offices. In 2015, its total output was 78.493 billion CNY, a rise of 8.0% year on year.

　　Great effort has been made to develop finance, business, commerce and technology at high levels. With improvement of its overall strength and competitive edge, Heping District is the epitome of the prosperity of Tianjin.

　　Hedong District, located in the east of Tianjin, is a link between Tianjin city proper and Binhai New Area. Not only is it adjacent to the airport and seaport, but Tianjin Railway Station is also in the district. It is an important area for the strategic eastward movement of Tianjin economic center. It has an area of 40 km2 and a population of 966,900. There are 13 community offices. In 2015, its total output was 30.651 billion CNY, up 8.6% year on year.

　　Hedong District focuses on the development of innovative finance, high-end business, modern trade, high-end manufacturing, technological services, and cultural innovation. With intelligent integration, big-data application, electronic business and other emerging industries as the center, the district goes all out to promote the attraction of investment. A number of good projects with high technology, cultural creativity, and powerful influence have settled in this district.

　　Hexi District is located in the southeast of Tianjin. It covers an area of 42 km2. It has a population of 983,000, and 13 community offices. In terms of major economic indicators. In 2015, its output was 76.549 billion CNY, a rise of 8.4% year on year.

　　Hexi District strives to become an urban district featuring international business, multi-culture, and ecological living environment. Especially, significant progress has been made in the construction of the ecological livable city and open economic development.

　　Nankai District lies in the southwest of Tianjin city proper. It covers an area of 40.64 km2 and a population of 1,135,700, with 12 community offices. In 2015, its output was 58.708 billion CNY, up 7.4% year on year.

　　Nankai District has striven to create maker space, and accelerated the development of electronic information, advanced manufacturing, new energy sources and other high-tech and strategic emerging industries.

　　Hebei District is the cradle land of Tianjin. It is located in the northeast of Tianjin city proper. It covers an area of 29.62 km2 and a population of 882,100, with 10 community offices. In 2015, its output was 41.213 billion CNY, up 8.2% year on year.

　　With creative design and technological service as its features, Hebei District strives to create its own brands and aggregation effect has taken shape in the creative industry.

　　Hongqiao District lies in the northwest of Tianjin city proper. It covers an area of 21.31 km2 and has a population of 561,500 and 10 community offices. In 2015, its output was 18.942 billion CNY, up 7.6% year on year.

　　Giving full play to its commercial, historical and cultural resources, Hongqiao District integrates culture, commerce and tourism and creates a new pattern for the development of commerce and tourism with its own characteristics.

　　Dongli District lies between Tianjin city proper and Binhai New Area. It covers an area of 477.34 km2 and has a population of 753,700 and 9 community offices. In 2015, its output was 90.556 billion CNY, a rise of 10.0% year on year.

　　Dongli District accelerates the construction of the national aerospace industry base, advanced equipment manufacturing base, international cultural exchange center, and ecological livable city. Taking proactive measures to adapt to the new normal of economic development, it has made remarkable progress in the construction of a “beautiful Dongli.”

　　Xiqing District lies in the southwest of Tianjin. It covers an area of 570.8 km2, and has a population of 850,400. It has 2 community offices and 7 towns. In 2015, its output was 101.04 billion CNY, a rise of 10.1% year on year.

　　To meet the plan of becoming a base of electronics and automobile industries, a base of education, research and development, and an ecological livable city with historical and cultural features, Xiqing District attaches importance to technological innovation. It enjoys a great momentum in its economic and social progress.

　　Jinnan District lies in the southeast of Tianjin, on the lower reaches of Haihe River. It is a key link between the city proper and Binhai New Area. Covering an area of 387.84 km2, it has a population of 887,400, with 1 urban community office and 8community offices. In 2015, its output was 76.474 billion CNY, up 12.0% year on year.

　　Jinnan District focuses on the development of electronic information, machinery equipment manufacturing, modern metallurgy, education, tourism and urban facility agriculture. Steady progress is made to become a national base of higher education and vocational education, a cluster area for technological innovation and high-tech industries, a base of private economy, and an ecological and livable urban district.

　　Beichen District lies on the north of Tianjin city proper. With an area of 478 km2, it has a population of 850,100, 5 community offices, and 9 towns. In 2015, its output was 92.393 billion CNY, up 10.6% year on year.

　　Beichen District is a key node in the Beijing-Tianjin Corridor and Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu High-tech Industry Belt. A large number of capital and fund projects in this district will transfer to Binhai New Area. Therefore, its economic development offers effective support to the development of Binhai New Area.

　　Wuqing District lies in the northwest of Tianjin, adjacent to Beijing and Hebei Province. It covers an area of 1,574 km2, and has a population of 1,181,100. It consists of 5 community offices and 24 towns. In 2015, its output was 101.555 billion CNY, up 11.3% year on year.

　　Wuqing District has made rapid progress in the development of machinery equipment manufacturing, light industry, electronic information, logistics, leisure tourism and green ecological agriculture.

　　Baodi District lies in the north of Tianjin, adjacent to Beijing and Hebei Province. It covers 1,450 km2 and has a permanent population of 913,900. It consists of 22 towns and townships. In 2015, its total output reached 60.504 billion CNY, up 10.8%.

　　Baodi District focuses on the development of leisure and entertainment, meeting and exhibition, business logistics, culture and education, green organic ecological agriculture, new energy sources, light industry, knowledge industry, and environment protection industry.

　　Jinghai District is located in the southeast of Tianjin. It covers 1,414.9 km2 and has a population of 782,100. It consists of 16 towns and 2 townships. In 2015, its total output was 62.669 billion CNY, up 12.5% year on year.

　　Jinghai District focuses on the development of environment protection, electronic information, machinery equipment manufacturing, modern logistics, sports entertainment, pollution-free facility farming and farm produce processing.

　　Ninghe District is located at the core of Bohai-rim Economic Zone. Together with Binhai New Area, it has become part of the Binhai Development Belt in eastern Tianjin. It covers an area of 1,031 km2 and has a population of 491,600. It consists of 14 towns and townships. In 2015, its output reached 55.117 billion CNY, up 11.5% year on year.

　　Ninghe District focuses on fostering the industries of metal products, machinery manufacturing, food processing, new-type materials, high-end packing paper. It has plans to construct pollution-free farm produce parks, economic development new parks, Qilihai tourist area, Lutai New Town. It goes all out to develop into a base of processing and manufacturing, business logistics, green agriculture as well as an ecological town.

　　Jixian County is located in the northernmost part of Tianjin. It is China’s first green food demonstration area and demonstration county for comprehensive mountain development. It covers an area of 1,590 km2 and a permanent population of 913,900, with 1 urban community office, 25 towns and 1 township. In 2015, the total output in the county was 39.054 billion CNY, up 12.7% year on year.

　　To achieve the goal of becoming a historical and cultural town of Tianjin and an ecological tourist new town of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Area, Jixian County focuses on the development of cultural innovation, business exhibitions, entertainment industry, special vehicle and machinery manufacturing, light industry and green organic ecological agriculture.

　　In May 2013, when President Xi Jinping visited Tianjin, he pointed out that Tianjin should take bold reform measures on the platform of Binhai New Area, so as to accumulate experience for the reform and opening up of China.

　　In December 2013, when Premier Li Keqiang inspected Binhai New Area, he expressed hope that, as the most important port city in the north, Tianjin should strive to be a pioneer and leader in a new round of reform and opening up, and take proactive steps to explore ways to promote investment and facilitate service and trade, and to foster new advantages for further development.

　　Functions of Binhai New Area

　　With support from Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province, Binhai New Area is to offer services to the Bohai-rim Region and the northwest, northeast and north of China, and take Northeast Asia as its further development region; it is to be constructed into a window for opening to the outside world, a base of high-level modern manufacturing industry and R&D achievement industrialization, and an international shipping and logistics center; in the long run, Binhai New Area will become an ecological livable urban district with economic prosperity, social harmony and beautiful environment.

　　Heping District is awarded for its “Finance Heping” Blueprint

　　On October 31, 2015, at the First Global Finance Museum Expo Theme Forum in Beijing, Heping District Government was awarded for outstanding contributions to Chinese finance.

　　Hexi District is awarded as one of the ten dynamic urban districts in Chinese building economy

　　In June 2015, at the First China Building Economy Roundtable Summit, held in Hangzhou, Hexi District was ranked as one of the ten dynamic urban districts in building economy in China.