Relation between Tianjin and Beijing
Adjacent to Beijing, China's political center, Tianjin is only 110km from it. The metropolitan stretch areas of Tianjin and Beijing may enable both cities to develop into China¡¯s political, cultural, scientific center and large manufacturing center. The internal drive from market economy is also promoting mutual supplement and combination of both cities in all aspects. Tianjin Municipal Government has defined its developing orientation in the round Bohai Sea area-expanding the cooperative fields with Beijing and promoting the integrated development of Jing-Jin area.

Dai Xianglong, Mayor of Tianjin City, stressed recently that it is necessary to further enhance the alliance and cooperation with Beijing to fulfill the 10-year developing target proposed by the Tianjin Municipal Government, i.e. up to US$ 6,000 per capita GDP in 2010, and to build Tianjin City into a modern international port metropolis and an important economic center in North China.

The improvement of traffic conditions between Beijing and Tianjin is the first point of breakthrough, including:
1> building two Jing-Jin express highway networks to ease the traffic pressure;
2> accelerating the Jing-Jin railway and the Jing-Jin Intercity Express Train to be built (only 30min drive)
3> Building the high-speed rail between the Tianjin Binhai International Airport and Capital Airport.

Beijing and Tianjin have many cooperative demands in physical fields. The connectivity of fundamental conditions will bring more benefits for the development of enterprises in Beijing Tianjin. In the future development, Beijing and Tianjin will progressively form a ¡°dual-wheel¡± drive mode and generate exhilarating power in breaking the traditional concept of administrative division and promote the regional union and double wins.

Tianjin is a metropolis owning more than 10million population, one of four municipalities directly under the central government, the largest international trade port in North China and an important backbone to the Jing-Jin-Tang round Bohai Sea economic circle.