Tianjin Free-Trade Zone (Tianjin FTZ, colloquially known as 天津èªç±贸æÂÂåº/天津èª贸åº in Chinese), officially China (Tianjin) Pilot Free-Trade Zone () is a free-trade zone in Tianjin, China. It is the only free-trade zone in North China. The zone covers three areas â Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone and Binhai New Area Central Business District.
Under the Overall program of China (Tianjin) Pilot Free-Trade Zone (ä¸Âå½ï¼Â天津ï¼Âèªç±贸æÂÂè¯ÂéªÂåºæÂ»ä½ÂæÂ¹æ¡Â), the mission of Tianjin FTZ's foundation is an important initiative to implementation of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei (京津åÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂå±ÂæÂÂçÂÂ¥).
In 2006, the Chinese Communist Party Tianjin Municipal Research Room (ä¸Â報天津å¸Âå§Âç Â究室) said the Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone will be the highly open and free trade demonstration harbor. The goal of medium-term development is built the first free-trade zone which is meeting international practice in 2015, and the goal of long-term development is built the comprehensive free-trade zone in 2020.
In December 2007, Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone determined the clear direction for the development of free-trade zone.
In 2013, Commerce Ministry of PRC reported the embodiments of the Shanghai and Tianjin FTZ, but the embodiment of Tianjin was not passed. In July, the drafting group of the embodiment of Tianjin FTZ was founded.
On August 7, 2014, Tianjin and Beijing signed the Implement the joint development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei major national strategy to promote the implementation of key work agreement (贯彻è½å®Â京津åÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂå±ÂéÂÂ大å½家æÂÂçÂ¥æÂ¨è¿Âå®ÂæÂ½éÂÂç¹工ä½ÂÃ¥ÂÂè®®), the agreement mentioned Beijing supported Tianjin to build the free-trade zone.
On December 28, 2014, the executive meeting of State Council of the People's Republic of China passed the resolution for Tianjin FTZ.
On March 24, 2015, the Overall program of China (Tianjin) Pilot Free-Trade Zone (ä¸Âå½ï¼Â天津ï¼Âèªç±贸æÂÂè¯ÂéªÂåºæÂ»ä½ÂæÂ¹æ¡Â) was passed by Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. On April 8, 2015, the Overall program of Tianjin FTZ was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.
On April 21, 2015, Tianjin FTZ was founded. Also, twenty-six financial institutions (include headquarters and branches) were founded in Tianjin FTZ.
Tianjin Free-Trade Zone covers an area of 119.9 square kilometres (46 square miles) and included three areas â Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone and Binhai New Area Central Business District.