The Latest Progress
After 15 years of continuous development, China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City has made remarkable achievements in comprehensive urban development, ecological environment construction, smart city construction, industrial cluster development, improvement of people's livelihood and well-being as well as deepening the cooperation between China and Singapore. Meanwhile, the comprehensive competitiveness and attractiveness of the Eco-City have constantly been enhanced. As the master developer of the Eco-City, Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co., Ltd (SSTEC) will continue to deeply engage in the development and construction of the Eco-City. In the next decade, our vision for the Eco-City's urban development is: to continue consolidating the close relationship between China and Singapore; to establish a leading low-carbon smart city in China; to build an iconic city centre; to continuously provide high-quality working and living environment.
As of now, the Eco-City has a permanent resident population of over 160,000 and over 40,000 market entities. In the Eco-City, there are 32 schools and kindergartens with over 43,000 students; four community centres that integrates public welfare and commercial functions and one library, which have been put into use; six commercial complexes including Keppel Seasons City Shopping Mall and Eco-City Wanda Plaza; and a number of restaurants, star-rated and budget hotels and fitness centres. The Eco-City also has built 40 urban parks and a large number of internet-famous scenic spots, such as the National Maritime Museum of China and Fantawild Adventure Theme Park. The Tianjin Fifth Central Hospital Eco-City Branch and Tianjin University Xincheng Hospital have opened for operation, and Tianjin Central Hospital of Gynecology Obstetrics Binhai Branch will also will be put into operaion in Q4 2023. At present, the urban rail transit Binhai Subway Line 2 (formerly Z4 Line) connecting the Eco-City and other areas of Tianjin is under construction. After opening to traffic, it will be connected with the complete intelligent and convenient urban public transportation of the Eco-City to build a more convenient and accessible public transportation system.
By 2023, the built-up area of the Eco-City (China-Singapore Cooperation Area) has reached 13 sqkm. As of now, the Start-Up Area is basically completed and has complete infrastructure, commercial resources and community services. The Central District is planned to be created into an international urban district where more than half of the development has been completed and according to the plan. The city centre located in this district will be built as the core area of the Eco-City for business and leisure activities. The Eco-Island District surrounded by water features a beautiful scenery and the ecological restoration and water treatment experiences for this district has been promoted and applied in many regions across China. As the "connecting channel" between the Start-Up Area and the North District, this district will be created into a "Tourism Island". In the Northeast District, there are a high-end biomedical industrial park and a modern green integrated logistics distribution centre. The North District is equipped with a high-end business park with the builders' apartments and this district will enter the comprehensive development stage in the next 3-5 years.
Through continuous innovation and efforts, the Eco-City has been recognised for its achievements in the field of green and sustainable development.
| Year | Award/Achievement | Awarding/Evaluation Authority |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Making Cities Resilient 2030 | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction in partnership with ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability |
| SSTEC won the 2023 Business China Enterprise Award | Business China Singapore | |
| 2023 China Human Habitat and Environment Award | China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | |
| Best Reputation Industrial Park for Business Environment in 2023 | Global Times under People’s Daily | |
| Top 10 Typical Cases of Innovative Development of Chinese Leisure Tourism Destinations | The 10th China Tourism Industry Development Annual Conference | |
| 2022 | World Intelligence Congress Permanent Exhibition Base | World Intelligence Congress Organising Committee |
| National Innovation Base for Practicing the Concept of “Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains are Invaluable Assets” | China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment | |
| 2021 | National Cultural Export Base | China’s Ministry of Commerce |
| 2020 | National All-For-One Tourism Desmonstration Zone | China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism |
| 2019 | National Zero-Waste Pilot City | China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment |
| Demonstration City for International Standardised Sustainable Development at the 2019 | International Standardised Sustainable City Club | |
| 2018 | The Happiest Eco-City in China | Xinhua News Agency’s Oriental Outlook Magazine and Liaowang Institute |
| Sustainable City Grand Prize | Construction21 | |
| 2016 | National All-for-one Tourism Demonstration Zone Founding Unit | China National Tourism Administration |
| National Sponge City Pilot City | China’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Water Resources | |
| 2015 | Tianjin National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone | China State Council |
| National Waste Sorting Demonstration Zone | China’s Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | |
| National Primary and Secondary School Environment Education and Social Practical Base | China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Education | |
| 2014 | The only Green Building Base in Northern China | China Green Building and Energy Saving Committee |
| Included in the first batch of New Energy Utilisation Demonstration Industrial Parks | China’s Energy Administration | |
| 2013 | First National Green Development Demonstration Zone | China State Council |
| Included in the first batch of Smart City Pilot Zones nationwide | China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | |
| National Model for “Greening” | China Greening Committee | |
| 2012 | Global Green City | Global Forum on Human Settlements |
| Included in the first batch of Green Ecological Demonstration Zones nationwide | China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | |
| 2010 | Included in the first batch of Photovoltaic Concentrated Utilisation Demonstration Zones | China’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, National Energy Administration |
| Renewable Energy Building Demonstration City | China’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development |
