Hotels in Tianjin, China

A little about Tianjin...

Tianjin is a large city in northern coastal China. Administratively it is a municipality that has provincial-level status, reporting directly to the central government. Its urban area is the third largest in China, ranked only after Shanghai and Beijing.

Tianjin's urban area is located along the Hai He River. Its ports, some distance away, are located on Bohai Gulf in the Pacific Ocean. Tianjin was once home to foreign concessions in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican era. The municipality now incorporates the coastal region of Tanggu, home to the Binhai New Area and the TEDA economic development zone. Tianjin Municipality borders Hebei province to the north, south, and west; the municipality of Beijing is to the northwest, and Bohai Gulf to the east.

The following rail lines go through Tianjin:
Jingshan Railway, from Beijing to Shanhai Pass
Jinpu Railway, from Tianjin to Pukou District, Nanjing
Jinji Railway, from Tianjin urban area to Ji County, Tianjin
Jinba Railway, from Tianjin to Bazhou, Hebei

Education: Foreign institutions - The Florida International University Tianjin Center, opened in 2006 as a cooperative venture between the municipal government and the Miami-based university.

Under the national Ministry of Education:
Tianjin University (founded 1895, first university in China)
Nankai University (founded 1919)

Under the municipal government:
Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts
Tianjin Agricultural College
Tianjin Conservatory of Music
Tianjin Foreign Studies University
Tianjin Institute of Physical Education
Tianjin Medical University
Tianjin Normal University
Tianjin Polytechnic University
Tianjin University of Commerce China
Tianjin University of Finance & Economics
Tianjin University of Science & Technology
Tianjin University of Technology
Tianjin University of Technology and Education
Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Tianjin Urban Construction Institute