The name Tianjin is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese characters 天津; the city's name means "The port of emperor".
The origin of the name is disputed. One traditional theory says that it was an homage to the See more

Tianjin is located on the west coast of the Bohai Gulf; the provinces of Shandong and Liaoning are located across those waters. The city is … See more

Tianjin's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 1.572 trillion yuan in 2014, an increase of 10.0 percent over its GDP in 2013. The city of … See more

Tianjin People's Broadcasting Station is a radio station in Tianjin. Broadcasting for nine channels, it serves most of North China, as well as a … See more

Early history
The land where Tianjin is now located was created in between 900 and 1300 CE by the sediments of … See more

As in all other governing institutions in mainland China, the politics of Tianjin is structured in a dual party-government system. See more

At the end of 2009, the population of Tianjin Municipality was 12.28 million, of which 9.8 million owned and lived in Tianjin hukou (permanent residences). Among permanent … See more