Tianjin Eco-City ready for new opportunity on 10th anniversary

Sept 28th was the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in Tianjin Binhai New Area. The past ten years have witnessed extraordinary changes that have transformed Eco-City into the green city of today and given it its profound potential for development. As the world's first such center co-built internationally, it serves as a successful experiential model.  

In the initial period, specialists from Singapore and China set 26 measurable standards for guiding the economic, social and environmental development of the new city.  

Take the green building indicator for example; the first in the world. The 13.4 million square meters of buildings constructed in the eco-city all meet the designated standards.

Development of the city is market-oriented, perfectly integrating urban infrastructure investment, construction, and management, providing a model for other cities that have the same needs.

In addition, the Eco-City has upgraded its development indicators, which have reached leading levels at home and abroad, such as "garbage recycling utilization over 70 percent" and "carbon emission intensity per unit of GDP per million dollars no more than 100 tons of carbon dioxide".

Other notable achievements include reclaimed pits, improved soil, well-preserved wetlands, adoption of new energy vehicles, an improved school system and enriched medical resources --  the list will go on and on as development advances.