Tianjin Municipality travel guide

As one of China's earliest municipalities, Tianjin is a metropolis that rarely becomes the centre of attention. Its history reveals a city with a glorious past: Peiyang University, today's Tianjin University, was China's earliest state-run institution of higher learning in the modern era; Nankai University was Tianjin's first private university; and the grand and small Western-style buildings across the city have witnessed stories that cannot be forgotten in modern Chinese history. As an old industrial city, Tianjin has a large number of industrial heritage sites. As the times have moved on, these old factories have gradually left the stage of history. In recent years, however, many have been upgraded and converted into creative parks. Industrial relics once forgotten by the times have come back to life.