Tianjin Binhai New Area (briefed as TBNA) locates on the east coast of Tianjin and center of Circum-Bohai-Sea Region. It is also the nearest eastern starting point of Asia-Euro Continental Bridge and key access to the sea for the neighboring inland countries. TBNA consists of nine functional zones namely Advanced Manufacturing Zone, Airport-based Industrial Zone,Binhai High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Seaport-based Industrial Zone,Nangang Industrial Zone, Seaport Logistics Zone, Coastal Leisure & Tourism Zone，Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City and Central Business District. In addition, Tianjin Port whose throughput ranks 5th in the world also locates in here.With a planned area of 2270 square kilometers, TBNA has a coastal line of 153 kilometers and a population of 2.02 million. TBNA has a rather favorable ecological environment and abundant natural resources and wetlands of 700 square kilometers. There are still 1200 square kilometers salt and alkali wasteland remained for development and the verified reserves of oil reach over 10 billion tons and those of natural gas reach 193.7 billion cubic meters.Fertile soil for world's capital investmentInvestment ParadiseTBNA has become one of the areas with the most dynamic economy in China, which utilize the most international capital and yield the highest rate of investment returns.In 2007, the total value of export trade in TBNA hit 24.5 billion USD. A total amount of? 23.1 billion USD was utilized accumulatively in real terms and the direct use of foreign contractual capital totaled 7.668 billion USD. The all-dimensional opening pattern has taken shape, of which, the eight functional zones and Sino-Singapore Eco-city have become a vital vehicle for attracting investment and introducing technology at home and abroad. TBNA is also the home to many projects, such as those initiated by Motorola Inc, Samsung Electronics, Toyota Motor Corporation, Vestas company, Sew-Eurodrive(China) Holding Co., Ltd. and China International Marine Containers ( Group) Co., Ltd., the One Million Ton Ethylene Refining-Chemical Integration Project, the Assemble Line of Airbus A320, the Industrialization Base of New generation Launch Vehicle.The congregation of world's capital in TBNA has brought forth the industry cluster effect.The major leading industries, including electronic information, petroleum exploitation and processing, ocean chemical engineering, modern metallurgy, automobile and equipment manufacturing, food processing, biopharmaceutical industry, possess the consolidated industry foundation. These industries have high technology content, long industry chain and strong radiation function. At present, TBNA has become an important large-scale petrochemical industry base and metallurgy base in China. Its IT manufacturing industry takes lead in China and the output of oil casing ranks the list of Top 4 in the world. Over 1000 enterprises in China provide supplementary supplies and services for TBNA. The remarkable driving forces of these enterprises helps TBNA constantly and obviously strengthen its comprehensive strength.Venture ParadiseAll the investors here share the same feeling that TBNA is a paradise for entrepreneurs.The first overseas students' ventured corporation in TEDA, BOYI (Tianjin) Pneumatic Technology Institute Co., Ltd now becomes the leading enterprise in pneumatic technology field in China after ten-year development. Tianjin Motimo Membrane Technology Ltd, the leading corporation in membrane technology field in China, was formerly a school-run enterprise in TBNA, and now it has established the largest hollow fiber membrane production and manufacturing base in Asia. Tianjin QingYuan Electric Vrhicle Co.,Ltd, which had a dozen of employees before, grows up in TBNA, takes lead in exporting their electronic vehicle abroad and also establishes a large-scale electronic vehicle industrialization base... Nowadays it has become a priority for TBNA to proactively develop small and medium-sized enterprises and enhance the regional economic vitality. As one of core areas, TEDA provides the growth plans for small and medium-sized enterprises and professional service to meet their needs in different development stages.Pillar IndustryElectronic Manufacturing IndustryAs one of the most advantageous industries, electronic information industry has become the first pillar industry in Tianjin, propelling the electronic information industry in Tianjin to grow at the annual average rate of 20%. As one of the first national information industrialization bases, Tianjin, with its output volume accounting for 7.5% in China, has become one of the largest bases of mobile communication handsets, components and displays. It is also acknowledged as one of the best development areas in national electronic information industry. The sales income in this regard is expected to top 300 billion RMB in 2010, which will drive and radiate a coordinative and rapid development of electronic information industry in Bohai Rim Region.Motorola Inc, Samsung Group, Hyundai Electronic Co., Ltd, Schneider Electric, Tianjin Merlin Gerin Co., Ltd are all representative enterprises of electronic information manufacturing industry in TBNA.Aviation and Aerospace IndustryRelying on the technology advantages of Beijing, Tianjin, and even the whole China, TBNA spends more effort in introducing the technology and prioritizing aviation and aerospace industry development, with a view to becoming a key recipient base for transferred aviation and aerospace hi-technology industry, a "silicon valley" of aviation technology research and development and a vital global aerospace industry city in the 21st century.The new generation base of carrier rocket research and development, located in west of TEDA, has been put in operation. And the Long March V Carrier Rocket is its independent product with high quality and intellectual property right, which is of significant and far-reaching influence on China's future aviation. Meanwhile, the project of Airbus A320 Assemble Line in the airport industry zone goes on smoothly with the first Airbus A320 to be assembled here in September, 2008. Apart from the project of Airbus A320 Assemble Line, a great number of world known aviation matching enterprises also have their own projects located in TBNA.In addition, the industrialization projects of special aircrafts like unmanned aircraft, spacecraft manufacturing and application industry base all registered in the Binhai hi-tech zone, one of vital function zones in TBNA. The major projects include unmanned aircraft, R&D and manufacturing complex of new spacecraft electromechanical products, R&D and manufacturing complex of special precision spacecraft components, industrial park of satellite application and so on. Automobile and equipment manufacturing industryAs Toyota Motor (Tianjin) Corporation located in TEDA, Tianjin has become a key automobile production base in China, which further enhances the development of equipment industry.The products of Toyota Motor (Tianjin) Corporation, including VIOS, COROLLA, CROWN, REIZ and COROLLA, cover a series of vehicle styles from high-grade to economic cars. There has formed a large automobile industry cluster of core matching enterprises around the Toyota. After the parts enterprises of Toyota automobile increased consistently, the new factories of Korean Kumhotire has opened, then parts enterprises such as Pinghe, Wandu increase their investment. The Germany Continental AG has registered in automobile electronic industry. Meanwhile, these investment projects not only supply many automobile factory and enterprises with equipment, but also enhance the anti-risk ability of automobile industry and strengthen its advantages constantly in TBNA.TBNA has gained the title of "The First State-class Automobile and Parts Export Base". As the first industrialized corporation in the electric vehicle field, Tianjin QingYuan Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. has set up the largest Chinese electric vehicle industrialization base in TBNA and started the trial run.Ocean and petroleum chemical industryThere exists the strong basis for developing ocean and petroleum industry in TBNA. In Dagang district, Dagang Company is an oversize integrated complex of petroleum and gas exploitation and development affiliated to CNPC. The exploitation commenced from 1964 and the output is on increase year by year. The past 40-odd years witnesses its growth from the desolate and uninhabited reed land and marshland to comprehensive petroleum base. Located in Tanggu District, Tianjin Bohai petroleum corporation is a vital base in Bohai Region of China National Offshore Oil Group, and the ocean high technology park in TBNA is the demonstration park of state-class ocean high technology industrialization. Relying on Binhai chemical industry area, TBNA will develop in-depth processing petroleum products, including petroleum, gas, salt chemical industry, synthetic resin products, synthetic rubber, synthetic fiber, new chemical material, fine chemical industry and etc, which will become the state-class petroleum and chemical industrialization base with high-level in the world -- China's "Huston Chemical Area".By 2010, total investment will reach 130 billion RMB in the 100 key planning and constructing projects in Tianjin Binhai chemical area. CNPC and SINOPEC will invest heftily in Tianjin to establish the vital transportation hub of crude oil and oil product in north of China. Bohai Chemical Industry Group will construct some docking projects, utilizing the raw materials supplied by large scale ethylene project of SINOPEC, which will make Tianjin a petroleum and chemical industry production base with refining and petrochemical integration.By 2015, the fixed assets investment will reach 300 billion RMB. The sales income will top 450 billion RMB, and the industrial added value and interests & taxes will amount to 180 billion RMB and 90 billion RMB respectively. Over 50,000 employment positions were created. This function area will fully realize the planning developing goals, such as industrydevelopment, technical level, ecological environment, energy saving, public projects, spatial distribution and economic benefits.Modern Metallurgy Manufacturing IndustrySituated in the lower reaches of Haihe River, the modern metallurgy industrial complex in TBNA, is composed of three large metallurgy enterprises, including Tianjin Pipe (Group) Corporation. The production scale and industry chain of great market potential has taken shape, presenting demands on the third party logistics and iron in-depth processing.In 2007, TBNA decided to set up an ecological industrial park of petroleum pipe and high quality steel deep processing, one of the 8 ecological industrial function zones. The overall integration and systematic optimization of metallurgy industry was conducted in advanced manufacturing base, aiming to build an economic cycling industrial park with the seamless steel tube and high quality steel production chain as the leading sector.In the second half year of 2007, Tianjin Municipality concentrated on promoting the 20 selected major projects with the total investment of 156 billion RMB. These 20 projects are great driving forces, which include steel pipe transformation project, cold-rolled corrosion resistant plate, copper and copper processing project, hot rolled coil, ironing system transformation project and cold rolled sheet project. These projects, with a total investment of 25.8 billion RMB, once completed, will make TBNA become the biggest producer of seamless steel pipes in the world in terms of outputs. Biological Medicine IndustrySituated in TBNA, the International Innovation Park of National Biological Medicine covers a planning area of 6 km2, including research and development zone, incubator zone and production-trade zone. TJAB is the center of the research and development zone as well as the symbol of international innovation garden.The construction of "TJAB" has been in full wing. The first phase project, or the main building of 70,000 m2,will be completed by the end of 2008. The public technology platforms under concurrent construction, such as Clinical Test Platform, Medicine Analysis and Test Center and GLP Medicine Safety Evaluation Centre, will be put into operation at the beginning of 2009. TJAB has proactively conducted worldwide cooperation, evidenced by the Sino-Italian Medical Joint Laboratory cosponsored with Italian National High Hygienic Academy and the Agreement of R&D Centre reached with Sweden Karolinska Molecular Medical Center.Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Biomedical Industry Demonstration Zone with planning area of 10 km2, takes the "International Innovation Park of National Biological Medicine" as the core, aiming at developing the infrastructure and industrial incubator platform for biomedical development to meet the international standard. The pharmaceutical industry in TBNA registers the good economic benefit, with the annual increase of rate of over 30%. A large number of key enterprises gathered here, such as GlaxoSmithKline, Novozymes, Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group Corporation Limited and Tianjin Pharmaceuticals Group Corporation.Shipbuilding and Ship Repair IndustryIn the late 19 century, Tianjin Dagu dock, the first ship-building enterprise in Northern China, was born in the middle of modern Westernization Movement. After the founding of P.R.C., or the new China, the suspended industry regains its development. In 1970, the first 10,000 tonnage ship named "Tianjin", built by Xingang Shipyard, was successfully launched. The Tianjin Port-made Shop Repair Base of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation under construction covers a planning factory area of 3.5 million m2 with the shoreline length of 3,900 meters. Its most brilliant feature is the integration of large shipbuilding, ship repair industry and marine engineering and mechanical equipment manufacturing industry, which leads to the establishment of a modernized assembly ship repair base that boasts advanced facilities, comprehensive varieties, scientific management, first-class technology, outstanding characteristics, energy conservation and environmental friendliness. In 2010, TBNA will be capable of building ships of 2,000,000 dwt, repairing 200 ships and constructing two offshore platforms. In 2015, it will be capable of building ships of 3,000,000 dwt and constructing four offshore platforms. The new base, once completed, will increase 10-fold ships than current outputs in TBNA.Food and Beverage IndustryFood and beverage industry is an important industry in TBNA. In 10 years' time, Ting Hsin International Group has become "No.1 of noodle industry in the world ", creating the first brand of Chinese tea beverage, and even supporting its matching businesses into the forefront of the industry. The success of Ting Hsin International Group in TBNA is a convincing model for China's opening up. Other food and beverage companies in TBNA are Coca-Cola, Nestle and Kraft and so on..New Materials and New Energy IndustryAs a representative of new energy and new materials, the high-tech industry has become one of the key pillar industries in TBNA.A large number of new energy and new materials companies are rising in TBNA, including Motimo Group, Vestas wind power, New Energy and Industrial Base of Tianjin Binhai high-tech development zones, Ceradyne Inc in Tianjin Tanggu marine high-tech zone and so on.Ai Leite Technology Development Co., Ltd. is a backbone enterprise of national nano-technology industrial base, whose core product is the power UPS, installed in the super-capacitor of electrical motor. An ultra-capacitor with nano-technology manufacturing capacity, whose capacity is 10 times of the ordinary capacitors, can reduce many loses for many companies caused by power flash off every year.The new energy base, covering a total area of 6.6 km2, will focus on four major sections of energy storage batteries, wind power, solar cells and fuel cells, cultivating and introducing a number of leading enterprises. In 2012, it will achieve the output value of 60 billion RMB, which will triple that of 2007.At present, TBNA in the new battery and materials technology, membrane technology development and industrialization of technology has reached the international advanced level, and the application of nanotechnology research and development, the complete sets of technologies and key technology of environmental protection have achieved the leading level in China.Tianjin is one of the 11 cities with the names of "China's service outsourcing base". TBNA is working to build service outsourcing bases in China, establishing China's first "service outsourcing training center", and building outsourcing services platform for personnel training in cooperation with Microsoft, HP, IBM and Boyan technology institutions.More than 100 enterprises engaging in software development and services have registered in TEDA, and a total of 43 software enterprises are identified by the municipal Science and Technology Commission.Here gathered a group of well-known domestic and overseas operators, including CSC (Esprit computer technology), ACS (Affiliated Computer Services Ltd), IBM, Freescale, Standard Chartered, Motorola global financial centers, Wuxi Pharma Tech, Neusoft, DHC, Boyan technology institutions, Xi'an Xingyan, etc. To support the development of service outsourcing enterprises, TEDA has also established "TEDA Service Industry Development Fund" of 100 million RMB.Binhai services outsourcing industrial park, covering an area of 890,000 m2, is set up with joint investment, joint operation and management by the Dalian Software Park Co., Ltd. and TEDA, all committed to build Tianjin Binhai Software Park into the world office in Bohai Rim Region. The first plan will put into use at the end of 2008.In the next five years, following the "specialized, large-scale, international" principle, Tianjin Binhai Service Outsourcing Industry Park will build an industrial zone of 1,000,000m2 for software-building, technical research and development, information services, education and training. In addition,? matching facilities of 500,000m2, including the apartments, schools and hotels, will also be constructed.Employees in the park are expected to reach 60,000 people and output value is expected to reach 15-20 billion RMB. Through the introduction of a number of major domestic and international outsourcing companies, it will become an international-class service outsourcing bases.China's Original Technology ransformation BaseTBNA has constructed and introduced a number of major national and provincial-level technology projects, the expenditure of the research and development expenditures of which accounts for 2.2% of the Gross Domestic Product, and the high-tech output value in the proportion of GDP accounted for 47%. The high-tech industry clusters formed in the initial stage including electronic information, biological medicine, light electrical and mechanical, new materials, enjoy world-class leading research and development capabilities in biological chips, membrane technology, electric vehicles, stem cells, nanotechnology and other fields.Nowadays in TBNA, there are 14 science and technology business incubators at national, provincial or ministerial levels, which incubate a total of 434 various scientific and technological enterprises; there are 31engineering centers at national or provincial levels and 70 corporation technology development centers. TBNA will become an important base for independent innovation, incubation and radiation of scientific and technological achievements, the industrialization of high technology and innovative personnel training.。
