Binhai, fully known as Binhai New Area (), abbreviated as Binhai and Bincheng, is a

sub-provincial division Strictly speaking, China's legal system neither recognizes the concept of "sub-provincial administrative divisions" () or "sub-provincial cities" () nor provides specific legislation for such designations, and these categories are absent from off ...

new area The new areas or new districts of the People's Republic of China are new urban districts that are given special economic and development support by the Chinese Central Government or regional government. New areas are divided into two varietie ...

and special economic zone of China under the jurisdiction of

Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...

, People's Republic of China, located in the eastern coastal area of Tianjin, the center of the

Bohai Economic Rim The Bohai Economic Rim (BER) or Bohai Bay Economic Rim (BBER) is the economic region surrounding Tianjin (Tientsin). It also includes areas in Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong surrounding the Bohai Sea. This region has undergone major economic and i ...

, with a total area of 2,270 square kilometers and a population of 2,067,300, It is the gateway to opening up to the outside world in northern China, a high-level modern manufacturing and R&D transformation base, a northern international shipping center and international logistics center, and a livable and ecological new urban area. Binhai New Area is an important part of China (Tianjin) Pilot Free Trade Zone, a state-level new area, and a national comprehensive supporting reform pilot area.

Geography

Binhai is located on the west coast of the

Bohai Sea The Bohai Sea ( zh, c=渤海, p=Bó Hǎi, l=Bo Sea) is a gulf/inland sea approximately in area on the east coast of Mainland China. It is the northwestern and innermost extension of the Yellow Sea, to which it connects via the Bohai Strait. It ...

and east of Tianjin's main urban area. It is a part of the

. It has an area of , a coastline of , and contains of water and wetlands.

Natural resources

Binhai New Area has of water and wetlands and a further of wasteland that is being re-developed into saline land. It has proven oil resources totalling more than 100 million tons, and 193.7 billion cubic meters (6.84 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas.

Administrative divisions

There are 19

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and 7

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in the district: * Defunct ** Now part of Tanggu: Yujiapu Subdistrict, Xingang Subdistrict, Xincun Subdistrict north ** Now part of Hangzhou Street: Xiangyang Subdistrict ** Now part of Dagu: Bohaishiyou Subdistrict, Xincun Subdistrict south ** Now part of Hangu: Datian town ** Now part of Chadian: Hexi Subdistrict ** Now part of Dagang: Yingbin Subdistrict, Shengli Subdistrict ** Now part of Haibin: Gangxi Subdistrict

History

The Binhai district was created by the government of China in the 1990s. In 1996

Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev ''Kiev'' () is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1975 to 1993. She was built between 1970 and 1975 at Chernomorski factory in Mykolaiv and was the first ...

was sold to

Binhai Aircraft Park Binhai, fully known as Binhai New Area (), abbreviated as Binhai and Bincheng, is a sub-provincial division, new area and special economic zone of China under the jurisdiction of Tianjin, People's Republic of China, located in the eastern coa ...

, a theme park in Binhai. The concept was developed by world tourism and attraction consultant Leisure Quest International. In August 2011, the ex-''Kiev'' was developed into a luxury hotel after renovations costing £9.6 million. Starting from November 2009, Binhai New Area was consolidated into a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

, and the former subordinate districts of

Tanggu Tanggu District () was a district in the Tianjin municipality, now part of the Binhai New Area. It is on the Hai River where it enters the Bohai Sea, and is a port for Tianjin, which is about upriver. The Tianjin Economic-Technological Develo ...

, Hangu and Dagang were abolished. Binhai New Area consists of nine functional zones: Advanced Manufacturing Zone, Airport-based Industrial Zone, Binhai High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Seaport-based Industrial Zone, Nangang Industrial Zone, Seaport Logistics Zone, Coastal Leisure & Tourism Zone,

Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City The Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city (SSTEC, ) is a planned city developed jointly between the governments of China and Singapore. Located in Binhai, the project was deliberately built on "non-arable" land with a "water shortage" to the southeast ...

and the

Yujiapu Financial District Yujiapu Financial District (; also Yujiabao) is a central business district currently under construction in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin. The area is envisioned as a potential center for world trade and finance. The district is being developed ...

. In addition,

Tianjin Port The Port of Tianjin (''Tianjin Gang'', zh, s=天津港, p=tiānjīn gǎng}), formerly known as the Port of Tanggu, is the largest port in Northern China and the main maritime gateway to Beijing. The name "Tianjin Xingang" ( zh, s=天津新港, ...

whose throughput ranks 5th in the world is also located here. The Binhai district was greatly affected by a large industrial-scale accident in August 2015. On August 12, a series of explosions took place at a

port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manch ...

chemical storage facility in Binhai, causing 173 deaths and 797 injuries. The blast had the equivalent of 21 metric tons of TNT or a magnitude-2.9 earthquake, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. Eight other people remain missing. Tianjin Juilliard School

Economy

located in Binhai is an under construction financial district with a glitzy skyline envisioned to be a center of world trade and finance. Other parts of Binhai have also been intended to be a base for China's advanced industrial and financial reform and innovation. The

Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (), commonly abbreviated as TEDA () is the main free market zone in Binhai, Tianjin, China. It was formed in late 1984. History The area was created in late 1984. Since 1997, the Ministry of C ...

(TEDA) is an early free trade zone. Tianjin Emissions Exchange organized China's first sulfur dioxide,

carbon neutral Global net-zero emissions is reached when greenhouse gas emissions and Greenhouse gas removal, removals due to human activities are in balance. It is often called simply net zero. ''Emissions'' can refer to all greenhouse gases or only carbon diox ...

, contract energy management and energy efficiency product transactions, and established China's first voluntary emission reduction public inquiry system. A number of major international companies including Rockefeller,

Tishman Speyer Tishman Speyer is an American multinational corporation based at 45 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan. The conglomerate invests in high-profile real estate properties, has developed multiple buildings around the world, and has owned famou ...

Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It was founded by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin in 1928 and had been named Motorola since 1947. Many of Motorola's products had been ...

and Airbus have built branches here. For instance, EADS Airbus has already opened an assembly plant for its A320 series airliners, operational since 2009. Domestic companies headquartered in Binhai include noodlemaker Tingyi. In October 2024, the China Resources Recycling Group was established in the

Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city The Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city (SSTEC, ) is a planned city developed jointly between the governments of China and Singapore. Located in Binhai, the project was deliberately built on "non-arable" land with a "water shortage" to the southeast ...

Culture

A large culture complex, Binhai Cultural Center, with five central attractions planned. The centerpiece of the complex is the

library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...

that opened in November 2017. The library is nicknamed 'The Eye' because the sphere, which appears like an iris, can be seen from the park outside through an eye-shaped opening. The remnant of

Taku Forts The Taku Forts or Dagukou Forts (大沽口炮台), also called the Peiho Forts are forts located by the Hai River (Peiho River) estuary in the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, in northeastern China. They are located southeast of the Tianjin urban ...

in the form of a gun platform overlooks the

Hai River The Hai River (海河, lit. "Sea River"), also known as the Peiho, ("White River"), or Hai Ho, is a Chinese river connecting Beijing to Tianjin and the Bohai Sea. During the Song dynasty, the main stream of the Hai River was called the lowe ...

(Peiho River) in Binhai.

Education

Many colleges and universities in Tianjin have branch campuses in Binhai New Area. In 2003, Nankai University established the TEDA Campus in the

, which is dedicated to research on genomes, functional genomics, biochips, and molecular virology. Tianjin University of Science and Technology will move into Binhai New Area as a whole. The Juilliard College of New York and the Tianjin Conservatory of Music cooperated with the Juilliard Research Institute of the Tianjin Conservatory of Music in the Yujiapu Financial District to provide pre-university and postgraduate education. At the same time, Tianjin Maritime Vocational College, Tianjin Development Zone Vocational and Technical College and Tianjin Binhai Vocational College are located in Binhai New Area.

Transportation

Rail

High speed rail stops in Binhai with

Binhai railway station Binhai railway station (), formerly Yujiapu railway station, is an underground railway station located in Binhai, Tianjin, People's Republic of China. It is the southern terminus of the Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway and serves the Yujiapu ...

and

Tanggu railway station Tanggu railway station () is a railway station located in Binhai District, Tianjin, China. It is on the Tianjin–Shanhaiguan railway and Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway The Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway () is a high-speed rail i ...

on the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway. Binhai West railway station and Binhai North railway station are stops along the Tianjin–Qinhuangdao High-Speed Railway. Tanggu railway station is also a station on the conventional speed

Tianjin–Shanhaiguan Railway The Tianjin–Shanhaiguan railway or Jinshan railway is a railway line in China between Tianjin and Shanhaiguan. The line is 303 km long and starts serves Tianjin, Tanggu, Tangshan, Qinhuangdao and Shanhaiguan railway stations. The railw ...

Metro

Binhai is currently served by one metro line and one tram line operated by

Tianjin Metro The Tianjin Metro or Tianjin Rail Transit is the rapid transit system in the city of Tianjin, which was the second city in mainland China after Beijing to operate a subway system (the Beijing Subway opened in 1971). First opened in 1984, the ...

: * - Hujiayuan,

, TEDA (), Citizen Plaza, Convention and Exhibition Center Station, Donghai Road * - TEDA (), First Avenue, Second Avenue,

Third Avenue Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, as well as in the center portion of the Bronx. Its southern end is at Astor Place and St. Mark's Place. It transitions into Cooper Square ...

, Fourth Avenue,

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, Seventh Avenue, Ninth Avenue, Tenth Avenue, Eleventh Avenue, International Joint Academy, College District, North of College District

Road

There are 11 expressways (include 5 national expressways and 6 provincial expressways), 3 national highways and several provincial and county-level highways run through Binhai. * runs through northeast coastline, west part and southeast coastline of Binhai. * starts at Nangang Industrial Zone, on the south of Binhai. * (formerly Tianjin Expwy S40 sign no name

) ends at Hebei Road, on the middle-west of Binhai. * runs through west part of Binhai. * starts at Dashentang, on the northeast of Binhai. * Tianjin Expwy S3 sign no name

ends at G103, near Hujiayuan station of line 9. * Tianjin Expwy S4 sign no name

ends at Dagang College Town. * Tianjin Expwy S11 sign no name

runs through middle coastline. * Tianjin Expwy S21 sign no name

starts at Ningchegu, on the north of Binhai. * Tianjin Expwy S30 sign no name

ends at Dongjiang Port Area, on the east of Binhai. * Tianjin Expwy S50 sign no name

starts at Lingang Industrial Zone, on the east of Binhai. * ends at Gate IV of Tianjin Port. * runs through Lutai, Hangu, Beitang, Xinjiayuan, Hujiayuan, Dengshangu, Guangang, Gangdong New Town, Dagang Oil Field and Mapengkou towns of eastern Tianjin. * starts at Qingfang Economical Zone of Dagang.

References

External links

Binhai New Area Government official website

Renaissance Tianjin TEDA Convention Centre Hotel
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