TIANJIN

A municipality directly administrated under the Central Government, is one of the most prosperous business areas as well as a distribution center for goods and materials in Northern China.

Location: Located from 38 degree 34` to 40 degree 15` for north latitude and from 116 degree 43` to 118 degree 4` for east longitude, it's at the Northeast of North China and the lower reaches of the Haihe River.

Area: 11,919.7 sq km
Population: 10.01 million (March 2001)
Urban Population: 5.93 million

Ethnic Groups: Han, Hui, Manchu, Korean, Zhuang, Miao and Mongolian

Tourist Attractions: Known as the gateway to the country's capital from the sea, Tianjin is a major port city for foreign trade and tourism. The Ancient Cultural Street, the Art Museum, the Carpet Factory are major tourist attractions.

Climate: The climate in Tianjin is warm, semi humidity, semi dry and monsoon with typical features of the warm temperature zone. The average temperature in the whole year is 12.3 degree centigrade.The annual waterfall is 561.3 millimeters.