With the Bohai Sea in the east and the Yanshan Mountain north, Tianjin has always been Beijing's gateway to the sea. Tianjin is rich in natural resources, historical and cultural treasures which make it an excellent place for distinguished visitors and businessmen to come.

Keeping in step with the development of the country, Tianjin has become one of the most important economic centres and is now a large commercial and industrial city. Tianjin was forced to open to the outside world over 100 years ago. Today, Tianjin ranks as the 15th top trade port city in the world. People are surprised to find Tianjin has undergone such great changes within such a brief passage of time.

Tianjin has a history full of moving and impressive stories such as "the godlike emperor", the decline and re-emergence of Huangya Pass in Jixian County, Dagukou Forts, ancient sea fortress, the foreign concessions, the burning of Wanghailou building, and the memorial hall of the late Premier Zhou Enlai. A lot of historical and cultural remains are evidence to these graceful and moving stories.

The geographical location makes Tianjin a good place for tourism. There are mountains, the sea and rivers. Besides the well-known Haihe River and Bohai Sea, there are also Baxian Mountain, the Great Valley, the Jiushan Mountain, and pre-historicaI sites, etc. All these new scenic spots attract thousands of tourists from all over the world.

Now the Tianjin people have quickened the pace of developing the tourism industry. They have built new scenic spots such as the amusement park, shooting fields, bathing beaches, the miniature world, Stone Garden,and the Eight Immortals Cave.

The Tianjin people have both preserved and created all these tourist resources left by their ancestors and given by the nature. In the near future, a new colourful tourist city will appear and be known to the world.