Tianjin plans to build 40 industrial parks, the first 20 are currently under construction and another 20 yet to begin. All projects will be complete in 2011.

These projects are based on the industrial resources sector. The Dagu Dock Northern Navy in Qing Dynasty, built in 1880, has been reconstructed into an open-air museum, with the Sea God Temple and restored port and dock.

The Dragon Dock Northern Navy in Qing Dynasty

Other projects include the exhibition of Airbus A320 Aircraft, rocket launcher and Samsung Electronics.

Airbus A320 Aircraft

According to Yin Dayong, head of the Policy and Regulation Division of Tianjin Tourism Bureau, industrial tourism shall focus on developing enterprises that can show Tianjin’s industrial development.

On the one hand, it is significant to set an industrial image for Tianjin and publicize Tianjin. 40 industrial parks shall focus on six pillar industries, including electronic information, automotive, chemical industry, metallurgy, biological technology and modern medicine, new energy. Currently, there are six industrial parks around the following places:

The Tasly Group

The Tasly Groupwas founded in May 1994. Through decades of development with Great Health industry as a guideline and with the pharmaceutical industry as its center, Tasly has become a hi-tech group whose scope of business includes modern TCM, chemical medicine, biological medicine, healthcare products, functional food, covering the fields of research and development, planting, manufacturing and distribution. By the end of 2007, the total asset had grown to 8.5 billion RMB, and taxes accumulated to 3.7 billion.