Tianjin - Tianjin High-tech Industry Park

Tianjin High-tech Industry Park

Facts&Figures (First half of 2008)

Source: Administration Committee of Tianjin High-tech Industry Park

Introduction

Tianjin High-tech Industry Park (Tianjin HIP) was one of the China's first state-level high-tech industrial parks. It was approved by the State Council in March 1991, with a designated area of 55.24 km² and a total planned area of 85.74 km².

Tianjin HIP consists of Huayuan Industrial Park, Binhai Hi-tech Area, Nankai Science and Technology Park, Wuqing Development Zone, Beichen Science and Technology Industrial Park and Tanggu Marine Science and Technology Industrial Park. Huayuan Industrial Park and Binhai Hi-tech Area form the core of Tianjin HIP.

Huayuan Industrial Park is located 10 km southwest of downtown Tianjin, with a planned area of 11.58 km². Binhai Hi-tech Area is situated 20 km southeast of downtown Tianjin, near Tianjin Port and Tianjin Binhai International Airport, with a planned area of 30.5 km².

Investment Climate

Tianjin HIP enjoys rapid economic growth. Its main economic indicators have been increasing at an average of over 30% over ten consecutive years. In the first half of 2008, Tianjin HIP's GDP reached RMB 22.1 billion, representing an increment of 32% year on year. The revenue of companies in the zone grew by 33.4% to RMB 80.2 billion.

Within the same period, the contracted FDI in the zone realized US$663 million, an increase of 7.9 times over the previous year. It was a figure that nearly amounted to the total contracted FDI of the past three years. Utilized FDI stood at US$404 million, up 17.4 times year on year, and coming close to the total utilized FDI of the last five years.

The HIP's pillar industries are software and IT, green energy, advanced manufacturing, and biopharmaceuticals. Major investors include Siemens, Toyota, Samsung, Microsoft, Sanyo and NEC.

Tianjin HIP has strong research and self-innovation capabilities. Three national research bases are located within the park, namely, the National Chemical and Physical Energy Industrial Park, first National Intellectual Property Pilot Park and the National Software Exporting Base.

Tianjin HIP is the first National Pilot Park of Intellectual Property Rights. To date, the number of patents applied for by the enterprises in Tianjin HIP accounts for over 60% of the city's total. There are also six state-level enterprise technology centers and fifty-five city-level enterprise technology centers. The cost input in research and development was equal to 8% of the park's GDP.

Tianjin HIP has close cooperative relationships with sixteen R&D institutes from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academy of Military Medical Sciences and Tsinghua University, among others.

The park also has a rich talent pool. It is surrounded by ninety-six scientific research academies and institutes, universities and colleges. Nankai University and Tianjin University are also two of the most famous universities in North China.