Beichen District is one of the four districts around the city of Tianjin. It is located in the north of the city center, 110 kilometers away from the capital Beijing, 50 kilometers away from Tianjin New Port, and 15 kilometers away from Tianjin Binhai International Airport. It has a total area of ??478.5 square kilometers, governs two streets and 9 towns, and has a total registered population of 319,800, including 198,300 agricultural population and 121,500 non-agricultural population.
Beichen District has developed infrastructure such as transportation, communications, power supply, and water supply. There are 2 streets and 3 towns located between the middle ring road and the outer ring road in the central city. The Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway and the Tianjin-Baoding Expressway have entrances and exits in this area, and more than a dozen highway trunk lines such as Beijing-Tianjin, Beijing-Fuzhou, Jinba, Jinyu, and Jinwei crisscross the area. The Jingshan-Tianjin-Ji Railway and the Beijing-Kowloon Railway to Tianjin-Ba connecting line pass through the central part of the country and are equipped with four railway passenger and freight stations and the largest railway marshalling yard in the country. The superior geographical location and complete infrastructure create a good environment for economic and social development.
Since the reform and opening up, especially since Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s Southern Speech and the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the national economy of Beichen District has continued to develop rapidly and healthily. In 2002, the region's GDP reached 10 billion yuan, an increase of 10.2 times over 1992, with an average annual growth of 27.3 in 10 years; the third-level fiscal revenue was 1.218 billion yuan, an increase of 9.3 times over 1992, with an average annual growth of 26.2; the per capita net income of farmers Income was 6,606 yuan, an increase of 3.9 times compared with 1992, with an average annual growth rate of 17.3%. The process of agricultural facilities, mechanization and industrialization has been significantly accelerated. The level of industrial development continues to improve. There are 49 companies with sales revenue exceeding 100 million yuan, 17 municipal and ministerial-level enterprise groups have been established, 9 town industrial zones have been planned and constructed, and 8 backbone industries have been formed, including metal products, electronic appliances, and biomedicine. It has a number of well-known brands and competitive products such as steel pipes, tires, air conditioners, Chinese patent medicines, and cables. It has obtained 10 famous trademarks, and 75 companies have obtained ISO9000 series certification. The three indicators of industrial sales revenue, added value, and profits and taxes have ranked first in Nongkou District and County of this city for four consecutive years. The service industry has become an important growth point for economic development. A number of large-scale professional markets and commercial facilities have been built, such as Chubao Steel, Tiedong Road Motorcycle, Jiajie World Shopping Plaza, and Gome Electrical Appliances. The transportation, warehousing, and real estate industries have developed rapidly amid competition. With the national-level Beichen Science and Technology Park as the leader, opening up to the outside world is advancing by leaps and bounds. A total of US$1.488 billion of foreign investment has been introduced through agreements, US$844 million of foreign investment has been received, and the number of "foreign-funded" enterprises has grown to 340. 156 export enterprises have been cultivated and developed. In 2002, the export delivery value was 5.43 billion yuan and the export earnings were 399 million US dollars. Urban and rural construction are changing with each passing day. A number of key projects such as comprehensive management of the North Canal and roads, water, electricity, gas, greening and lighting have been completed, and a number of high-end residential areas such as Vanke Garden, Shuangfa Hot Spring Garden, Duwang New City and Shuangjie New Home have been built. The old village reconstruction project has begun, the construction of small towns has achieved phased results, and the city's appearance and environment have undergone new changes. 75 villages have entered the ranks of well-off city-level well-off villages, 8 towns have become city-level well-off towns, and 6 of them have become city-level star well-off towns.
Science and technology, education, culture, sports, health and other undertakings are booming. It has built a national-level scientific and technological achievements transformation demonstration zone, a technology market pilot zone, a Shuangjie Town Spark Technology Intensive Zone, and a Tianjin Information Port Beichen Demonstration Zone. The comprehensive evaluation of scientific and technological progress indicators has ranked first in Nongkou District and County for six consecutive years, and has been ranked first in Nongkou District and County by the state. The Ministry of Science and Technology rated it as the city's only national advanced area for scientific and technological work. 40 primary and secondary school teaching buildings have been renovated and built, and 47 middle and high school demonstration schools with modern standards have been built. The number of primary and secondary school buildings has reached 100 and 88 respectively. The high school penetration rate in the district reached 94, and the college entrance examination passing rate reached 88.1. Beichen's unique style of peasant paintings is famous both at home and abroad. It has been named a modern folk painting township, a national sports advanced county (district), a national community culture advanced area, a national radio and television advanced area and a national primary health care popularization advanced area by relevant national ministries and commissions.