Tianjin (Tientsin) first appeared in the early years of Yongle (AD 1403) and was named by King Zhu Di of Yan. Because this was the ferry crossing when he went to the capital to seize the throne, it was named Tianjin. , meaning the place where the emperor crossed the river. In the second year of Yongle (AD 1404), the city was officially built. The following year the Tianjin Left Guard was established, and the following year the Tianjin Right Guard was added. In the ninth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1652), the three guards were merged into one and merged into Tianjin Guard.
Tianjin is one of the four central municipalities in the People's Republic of China. It is one of the three major economic, financial, trade and shipping centers in mainland China. After more than 600 years of vicissitudes, especially in the modern century, Tianjin has created a unique urban style that combines Chinese and Western elements and is compatible with ancient and modern times. "Looking at Tianjin in modern times" has become common knowledge among the world. Tianjin is located in the northeastern part of the North China Plain, the lower reaches of the Haihe River Basin, and the center of the Bohai Bay. It borders the Bohai Sea to the east, Yanshan Mountain to the north, and guards the capital.
Tianjin is located in the Bohai Bay on the northern coast of mainland my country. It has the fourth largest industrial base and the third largest foreign trade port in China. More than 10 million people live and work in the Tianjin area. Before the liberation of Tianjin, it was the second largest city in Asia. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tianjin, which was in dire straits and was waiting to be revitalized, achieved further development. However, with the reform and opening up, Tianjin gradually carried the baggage of the past and failed to realize the transformation of development in time. It once lagged behind other cities economically. Since the development of Binhai New Area became a national policy in 2006, Tianjin has returned to the path of rapid development.
On November 10, 2009, the State Council approved Tianjin’s adjustment of the administrative divisions of Binhai New Area, bringing
Tianjin’s economy into an era of rapid development. Tianjin will host the 2013 Sixth East Asian Games.
Tianjin Northern News: At 8:02 on April 21, the Tianjin Earthquake Bureau dispatched a 6-person earthquake on-site emergency response team to Lushan, Sichuan to carry out disaster investigation and assessment.
After the 7.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in Lushan, Sichuan, in accordance with the unified arrangements of the China Earthquake Administration and with the consent of city leaders, Tianjin quickly dispatched an earthquake scene emergency team and took the opportunity to rush to the Sichuan disaster area on the morning of April 21 to support earthquake relief. Work.
The six-member earthquake scene emergency team dispatched this time is led by Qiu Hu, director of the Municipal Earthquake Emergency Support Center, and Yang Xulian, deputy director of the Municipal Earthquake Damage Prevention Center, is the deputy captain. After arriving at Chengdu Shuangliu Airport on the morning of the 21st, the team immediately rushed to the on-site headquarters in the earthquake-stricken area to report and quickly started work.
Zhao Guomin, director of the Tianjin Earthquake Bureau, said that as a professional earthquake technician, the Tianjin Earthquake Bureau will carry out scientific rescue in the disaster area and go all out to complete various tasks in accordance with the unified arrangements of the headquarters. And keep information flowing with the rear in a timely manner to ensure the completion of various rescue tasks assigned by the command headquarters.
According to the my country Seismological Network, a magnitude 3.3 earthquake occurred in Baodi District, Tianjin (39.6 degrees north latitude, 117.4 degrees east longitude) at 7:13:35 Beijing time on August 26, 2012, with a focal depth of 6.5 kilometer. According to preliminary understanding, the earthquake affected a few people in Baodi District.
After the earthquake, the Municipal Seismological Bureau immediately launched the earthquake emergency plan and carried out emergency response operations for felt earthquakes. The Municipal Seismological Bureau promptly held an emergency earthquake situation conference and analyzed that this earthquake was normal seismic activity in Baodi District. It is unlikely that an earthquake of magnitude 5 or above will occur in Tianjin in the near future.