Analysis of the Road for the Reform, Innovation and Development of the Tianjin Binhai New Area

As the first comprehensive reform pilot area and state-level new area in northern China, the 14-year reform and innovation of the Tianjin Binhai New Area has not been smooth. It took 20 years from its conception to becoming a state-supported development area. It was not until the 11th Five-Year Plan in 2006 that “promoting the development and opening of the Tianjin Binhai New Area” was clearly proposed, which established the position of the national developmental strategy of the development and opening-up of the Binhai New Area from the legal procedure level. A total of 14 years’ development has created many reform and innovation measures that can be promoted, and also lots of experience worth summarizing. This article reviews the 14-year development of the Tianjin Binhai New Area from two dimensions, i.e., the reform of system and mechanism and the innovation of mode and method, summarizes the developmental experience and lessons, thus, to provide ideas for future sustainable and innovative development.