Tianjin is the birthplace of China’s first modern university — Tianjin University (formerly Peiyang University) — and the cradle of vocational education in China. Giving priority to the development of education, Tianjin has kept deepening the reform and innovation of education, and solidly promoted the integration and structural adjustment of educational resources. To ensure fairness in education, Tianjin puts emphasis on the accessibility of education. Now Tianjin enjoys a leading position in China in education development; a number of education indicators have reached the level of developed countries.
By 2015, the education expenditure from Tianjin’s public finance budget is 50.751 billion CNY. By the end of 2015, the number of foreign students in Tianjin reached 25,000.
Tianjin Nankai High School, founded in 1904, is the birthplace of Nankai Family of Schools founded by Chinese educators Yan Xiu and Zhang Boling. The schools have fostered a large number of distinguished figures, such as Premier Zhou Enlai and Premier Wen Jiabao.
Primary Education
Tianjin is one of the first Chinese cities to complete the three-year action plan for pre-school education and the school modernization construction for compulsory and special education. The unification of Tianjin’s urban and rural primary education is high in the whole country.
At the end of 2015, there were in Tianjin 252,527 kindergarten children, 602,144 primary school student, and 427,035 high school student.
In order to deepen the comprehensive reform in the field of education, promote the balanced development of compulsory education, Tianjin promulgated Opinions on Further Improving Exam-Free School Admission for Compulsory Education in 2015, determining that screening tests for junior high school admission be cancelled from the autumn of 2015.
Higher Education
While accelerating the connotative development of higher education, Tianjin launched the plan to promote innovation ability in colleges and universities, focusing on the development of key disciplines, personnel and laboratories. As a result, along with the continuous improvement of education level and core competitiveness of colleges and universities, their technology innovation and service capabilities were significantly enhanced. At the end of 2015, there were 55 ordinary colleges and universities in Tianjin, with 565,900 students and 31,800 full-time teachers.
Tianjin University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. Its predecessor Peiyang University, founded in 1895, is the first modern university in China. With the aim of revigorating the country through education, the university learned from famous universities in the world and endeavored to cultivate students mastering new technology and culture. It served as a bridge for the communications between Chinese and western higher education.
Adhering to the motto of "seeking truth from facts", Tianjin University has cultivated a large number of outstanding people for the society, including economist Ma Yinchu, diplomat Wang Zhengting, mathematician Qin Fen, poet Xu Zhimo, mining and metallurgy expert Wang Chongyou, and jurist Wang Chonghui. The famous scholars who have taught at the university include bridge expert Mao Yisheng, jurist Zhao Tianlin, mechanical expert Shi Zhiren, chemical expert Hou Debang, and water conservancy expert Zhang Hanying.
Nankai University, premier Zhou Enlai’s alma mater, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education.
Nankai University was founded in 1919 by patriotic educators Yan Xiu and Zhang Boling. Adhering to the motto of “Dedication to public interests, acquisition of all-round capabilities, and aspiration for progress with each day”, Nankai University has fostered a large number of outstanding figures, such as Zhou Enlai, Shiing-shen Chern, Wu Dayou and Cao Yu.
Nankai University has extensive influence in the world. It has cooperation and communications with over 100 world-famous universities and academic institutions. A large number of celebrities were engaged as honorary professors at Nankai University, such as Nobel Prize winners Chen-Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee, Samuel Ting, Robert Mundell, Peter Doherty, former U. S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger, former ROK President Kim Dae Jung, former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius. Many famous scholars, statesmen, entrepreneurs served as part-time professors of the university.
Tianjin Medical University, founded as Tianjin Medical College in 1951, is a key university in the national "211 Project". Of all Chinese medical universities, it has the largest number of foreign students. It is also the first training center of English teachers in China (Medicine) designated by the Ministry of Education.
Tianjin Foreign Studies University, a multi-language, multidisciplinary and open university, is one of the first eight foreign languages universities founded in China. It has established friendly cooperative relationships with over 80 universities from 30 countries and many education organizations. Each year, a large number of Chinese students are sent abroad for further studies; the university also receives foreign students for Chinese and Chinese culture programs.
Tianjin Fine Arts College, formerly known as Peiyang Female Normal School, was founded by the famous modern Chinese educator Fu Zengxiang in 1906. It gradually developed into a multi-disciplinary, multi-level college of fine arts, with strength in specialties of fine arts, experimental art, and other emerging specialties. It is one of the most influential eight fine arts colleges in China.
Civil Aviation University of China, founded in September 1951, is now the only Chinese university that boasts a full range of civil aviation specialties, integrating the specialties of aerospace science and technology with those of transportation engineering. It is acclaimed as the cradle of Chinese civil aviation experts, a center of technological research, and a window of international cultural exchanges.
Tianjin Conservatory was founded in 1958, its predecessor being Central Conservatory founded in 1950. Through half a century’s development, it has become an institution of higher learning in music, dance, drama, film and television.
Vocational Education
As the birthplace of vocational education in China, Tianjin constantly optimized vocational education resources, deepened the reform and innovation of vocational education, improved the mechanism of “industry-education integration”, and accelerated the construction of the national demonstration zone of vocational education innovation. Now, the first and second phase of Tianjin Haihe Education Park — the first national demonstration zone of vocational education innovation—has
International Schools
At the end of 2015, there were 5 schools for the children of foreign staff in Tianjin. The schools mainly offer courses from the US, UK, Japan, ROK, etc. In 2015, the schools had 1,810 students.
Achievements and Innovations
In recent years, to meet the needs of social and economic development, Tianjin strengthened the construction of technology innovation system. Four systems have taken shape — innovation of knowledge, innovation of technology, innovation of services, and innovation of districts (counties). 15 technological achievements of Tianjin obtained 2015 national awards for science and technology, including 3 awards for technological invention and 12 for technological progress in equipment manufacturing, biomedicine, environmental protection and other fields.
199 technological achievements won 2015 Tianjin municipal science and technology awards, including 10 awards for natural science, 9 awards for technical inventions, and 180 for technological progress, in the key fields of economic and social development, such as equipment manufacturing, electronic information, new materials, new energy, environmental protection, and healthcare. They not only render important technical support to Tianjin enterprises in improving their capability of independent innovation and core competitiveness, but also reflect Tianjin’s goal of making technological work serve economic development, people’s livelihood, and the construction of an innovative city.
Tianjin enjoys a leading position in comprehensive technological progress and citizens’ scientific education, effectively supporting and driving the
Beijing-Tianjin Cooperation Demonstration Area
In 2014, the construction of Beijing-Tianjin Cooperation Demonstration Area was launched in Tianjin Future Technology Town. The demonstration area is designed to take over some functions of Beijing, receive resources of education, healthcare and scientific research, and become a model in the integration of industry and city development. In line with the blueprint of Tianjin Future Technology Town, High-tech Area and Shouchuang Group will join hands to develop the demonstration area into a smart, ecological, livable new town. economic and social development. In 2015, the R&D expenditure in Tianjin accounted for 3% of its GDP, 0.04 percentage points higher than in the previous year. In 2015, the average number of patents per 10,000 Tianjin citizens was 12.5.
Remarkable Achievements of the Technology Little Giant Development Program
Since Tianjin Technological Little Giants Development Plan was introduced in 2010, the technological SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) have developed rapidly. By the end of 2015, the number of tech SMEs in Tianjin reached 73,270, an increase of 13,778 over 2014. The number of tech SMEs with annual revenue above 100 million CNY reached 3,453, 510 more than in 2014. The development of tech SMEs contributed significantly to the upgrading of industrial structure and the development of strategic emerging industries in Tianjin.
Three National GISes from Tianjin
Of the first GISes identified by the state Torch Center of the Ministry of Science, three were from universities in Tianjin: Tianjin University Dahuo GIS, Nankai University Jiying Youth Innovation Base, and Tianjin Polytechnic University Makerspace.
At least one GIS in each university in Tianjin
To transform students’ creative ideas into entrepreneurial activities, each university in Tianjin will establish at least one GIS characterized by low cost, convenience, comprehensiveness and openness by 2016, increasing the total number to more than 55. By October 2015, 17 university GISes were established in Tianjin.
Support Offered to Makerspace in Tianjin
Offering one-off assistance of 1,000,000-5,000,000 CNY to identified college GIS (Group Innovation Space).
Establishing seed funds for the acquisition of students’ innovative products.
Offering credit support to start-up projects and establishing a team of service specialists to provide one-stop services to GIS in colleges.
been put in operation, a landmark for the reform of vocational education in China.
Tianjin Haihe Education Park
Located south of the Haihe River between Tianjin city proper and Binhai New Area, the education park covers an area of 37 square kilometers. Its objective is to develop into a national demonstration park for vocational education reform and innovation, a municipal demonstration area for high-tech R&D innovation, and a demonstration ecological livable community. Located in the park are Nankai University, Tianjin University, Tianjin Sino-German Vocational and Technical College, Tianjin Modern Vocational and Technical College, Tianjin Electronic Information Vocational Technology College, Tianjin Maritime Vocational College, Tianjin Light Industry Vocational and Technical College, Tianjin Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College, Tianjin Radio and Television University, Tianjin Youth Vocational College, Tianjin Vocational College of Commerce, and Tianjin Instrument and Radio Industry School.
China’s first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) examination and assessment school was established in Tianjin
In view of the lack of professional UAV operators, absence of qualifications, and disorderly development, the National Professional Training Assessment Experiment Base and Tianjin Quanhua Era Aerospace Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd. jointly established Tianjin Quanhua Era Professional Training School in 2013. The school is dedicated to the professional training of UAV operators. With UAV experts engaged to offer classes, a perfect system of curricula and a strong staff of technical support, the school has been certified by the National Professional Qualification Training & Assessment Base as the first UAV examination and assessment training school in China.
International award won by a Tianjin University student
In Busan International Architectural Culture Festival 2015, “Between the Trees”, an architecture design by Tianjin University master candidate Lv Chenyang, won the gold medal in a contest with 200 works. It was designed on the basis of the wetland in Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City.
Tianjin National Demonstration Area for Independent Innovation
On February 26, 2015, Tianjin National Demonstration Area for Independent Innovation was inaugurated in Tianjin Binhai Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone.
The National Super Computing Center of Tianjin
Approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the center was built in Tianjin Binhai New Area. The main computer in the center—Tianhe 1 Supercomputer — is one of the fastest computers in the world. With three other high performance computer systems, it provides high-performance computation and cloud services in various fields to the world.
The center is one of China’s most powerful super computing centers with the widest applications, the strongest technical support and the best R&D capability.
● It offers services to improve petroleum and seismic prospecting technology, and breaks foreign technological blockade.
●It participates in the development of automated real-time alarm system, which can forecast PM2.5 and other pollutants parameters in the next 5 days.
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