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Tianjin ([tʰjɛ́n.tɕín] (listen)), formerly romanized as Tientsin, is a coastal metropolis in northern China and one of the nine national central cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC), with a total population of 15,469,500, and is also the world's 11th-most populous city proper. It is governed as one of the four municipalities under the direct administration of central government of the PRC and is thus under direct administration of the central government. Tianjin borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality, bounded to the east by the Bohai Gulf portion of the Yellow Sea. Part of the Bohai Economic Rim, it is the largest coastal city in northern China.
In terms of urban population, Tianjin is the fourth largest in China, after Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou. In terms of administrative area population, Tianjin ranks fifth in Mainland China. The walled city of Tianjin was built in 1404. As a treaty port since 1860, Tianjin has been a major seaport and gateway to Beijing. During the Boxer Rebellion the city was the seat of the Tianjin Provisional Government. Under the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China, Tianjin became one of the largest cities in the region. At that time, numerous European-style buildings and mansions were constructed in concessions, many of which are well-preserved today. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tianjin suffered a depression due to the policy of the central government and Tangshan earthquake, but recovered from 1990s. Nowadays Tianjin is a dual-core city, with its main urban area (including the old city) located along the Hai River, which connects to the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers via the Grand Canal; and Binhai, a New Area urban core located east of the old city, on the coast of the Bohai Gulf. As of the end of 2010, around 285 Fortune 500 companies have set up base in Binhai.
Economy of China | Wikipedia audio article
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00:05:46 1 Regional economies
00:07:10 1.1 GDP by Administrative Division
00:07:44 1.2 Hong Kong and Macau
00:08:38 2 Development
00:13:10 2.1 Issues with overclaiming
00:16:54 2.2 Regional development
00:18:11 2.3 Key national projects
00:19:12 3 Macroeconomic trends
00:21:40 3.1 Systemic issues and environment
00:22:38 3.2 National debt
00:24:46 3.3 Regulatory environment and tax system
00:26:37 3.4 Inflation
00:30:08 3.5 Investment cycles
00:33:18 4 Financial and banking system
00:38:44 4.1 Stock markets
00:41:53 4.2 Currency system
00:46:15 5 Sectors
00:46:24 5.1 Agriculture
00:54:09 5.2 Housing and construction
00:54:26 5.3 Energy and mineral resources
00:59:23 5.3.1 Mining
01:01:36 5.3.2 Hydroelectric resources
01:02:58 5.3.3 Coal
01:06:04 5.3.4 Oil and natural gas
01:08:51 5.3.5 Metals and nonmetals
01:11:23 5.4 Industry and manufacturing
01:16:00 5.4.1 Steel industry
01:19:15 5.4.2 Automotive industry
01:24:02 5.4.3 Electric Car Industry
01:25:05 5.4.4 Other industries
01:26:42 5.5 Services
01:28:17 5.5.1 Telecommunications
01:29:39 5.5.2 Tourism
01:32:04 5.5.3 Luxury goods
01:34:35 5.5.4 Cybercrime
01:35:50 6 Labour and welfare
01:40:17 7 External trade
01:48:01 8 Foreign investment
01:56:38 8.1 Chinese investment abroad
02:05:22 8.2 Mergers and acquisitions
02:06:24 9 Demographics
02:10:05 9.1 Labor force
02:11:20 10 Transportation and infrastructure
02:15:10 11 Science and technology
02:16:23 12 See also
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The socialist market economy of the People's Republic of China is the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP and the world's largest economy by purchasing power parity. Until 2015, China was the world's fastest-growing major economy, with growth rates averaging 6% over 30 years. Due to historical and political facts of China's developing economy, China's public sector accounts for a bigger share of the national economy than the burgeoning private sector. According to the IMF, on a per capita income basis China ranked 67th by GDP (nominal) and 73rd by GDP (PPP) per capita in 2018. The country has an estimated $23 trillion worth of natural resources, 90% of which are coal and rare earth metals. China also has the world's largest total banking sector assets of $39.93 trillion (268.76 trillion CNY) with $27.39 trillion in total deposits.China is the world's largest manufacturing economy and exporter of goods. It is also the world's fastest-growing consumer market and second-largest importer of goods. China is a net importer of services products. It is the largest trading nation in the world and plays a prominent role in international trade and has increasingly engaged in trade organizations and treaties in recent years. China became a member of the World Trade Organization in 2001. It also has free trade agreements with several nations, including ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Korea and Switzerland. The provinces in the coastal regions of China tend to be more industrialized while regions in the hinterland are less developed. As China's economic importance has grown, so has attention to the structure and health of the economy.To avoid the long-term socioeconomic cost of environmental pollution in China, it has been suggested by Nicholas Stern and Fergus Green of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment that the economy of China be shifted to more advanced industrial development with low carbon dioxide emissions and better allocation of national resources to innovation and R&D for sustainable economic growth in order to reduce the impact of China's heavy industry. This is in accord with the planning goals of the central government. Xi Jinping's Chinese Dream is described as achieving the Two 100s, namely the mat ...