20 Nov 2008 – TII awarded "Tianjin's Top Ten Organizations for Returned Chinese Scholars"

In the list of "Top Organizations for Returned Chinese Scholars in Tianjin" recently announced by Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Personnel, the TII was among the ten honored winners due to its achievements in nurturing high-tech start-up companies established by returned Chinese students. Among all the titles that the TII bears, TII Science Park for Overseas Chinese Scholars is one of them. Up till now, more than 40 returned scholars have started their business in this science park. With tailored incubation services in TII and massive policy support in TEDA, many of these companies have grown up to successful enterprises with high growth-rates in respective sectors. Two organizations from TEDA won this year's award, with the other one being Tianjin Nanda-Qiangxin IC Design Co., Ltd.

29 Sept 2008 – TBNA hosts Summer Davos

As the world holds its breath to see if the Wall Street's massive multi-billion dollar bailout can help the US finance industry, business leaders and economists certainly hope emerging economies like China could maintain their pep in the ever-growing credit crisis to at least lend some measure of stability, as was the talk at the weekend's Summer Davos Forum held in Tianjin Binhai New Area. Organized by the World Economic Forum, the two day event, named Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008, looked at the issues of common concerns from globalization of science & technology to modeled scenarios for the future global economy. It's the second time China has hosted the Summer Davos. The first event was held last year in Dalian in Northeast China.

As part of the pre-conference workshops, three days before the official meeting, the YGL community of the WEF paid a visit to TII in Tianda Science Park where young business leaders were meeting local entrepreneurs to have an exchange of opinions and ideas.

23 Sept 2008 – Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Line extends to Tanggu

From tomorrow, 4 pairs of trains running from Beijing to Tianjin will extend to Tanggu, greatly reducing the journey between the two places from two hours previously to just one hour, which is good news for the upcoming Summer Davos to be held in Tianjin Binhai New Area on September 27 and 28, as visitors from Beijing now enjoy more convenient transportation services to TBNA and TEDA and it is believed that passenger volume will be significantly boosting in accordance.

Since September 14, 10 more pairs of trains have been added into service, reducing the minimum interval from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. From September 28, another 2 pairs will be added between Beijing and Tianjin, making a total of 62 pairs of train in service, 60 of which for passengers.

29 Aug 2008 – Tianda Science Park re-sets the rent for occupiers

From 15 September, TSP will finely raise its rent levels for its new occupiers (and existing occupiers who want to renew the contract), with rent for the office buildings (i.e. Blocks A, F & Software Building) going up to RMB 45 per month per sqm (NB: interior construction area) and rent for the factory buildings (i.e. Blocks B, C & D) rising to RMB 30 per month per sqm (NB: construction area), as described in an official notice released today by TII.

It is also learned that for those fast-developing high-tech enterprises who wish to renew the contract with TSP after three years' incubation, the rent will be slightly higher than the new rent standards.

1 Aug 2008 – China's fastest bullet train to take a race with wind

Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Line, the first 300km/h level high-speed rail in China, opened today, a week before Beijing Olympics. With a maximum speed of 350km/h, the CRH high speed EMU trains will shorten the traveling time between the Olympic City and the neighboring co-host city Tianjin from 70 minutes to 30 minutes. From today, 47 daily pairs of train services will run between Beijing South and Tianjin, of which, six pairs run between Beijing South and Tanggu on the seaside (currently not available). Three classes of tickets have been introduced with fares higher than the former Beijing-Tianjin ticket fares: RMB99 for the deluxe seat, RMB69 for a first class seat, and RMB58 for the second class seats.

1 Aug 2008 – TII English website ready for public access

With concerted efforts, the TII English website is now accessible via www.innovateda.org/english or by clicking on the "ENGLISH" button on the top right corner of the TII homepage. The English version of the TII website is a major step forward in TII's "Go International" strategy. It acts as a mouthpiece of TII, informing foreign companies/investors or our overseas counterparts about who we are, how we work, and where we will be. If you are interested in the current information on our site, stay tuned as we will bring you more updates on a regular basis.

18 Jul 2008 – New version of TII website opens to the public

After two weeks of internal testing, today marks the official introduction of the new TII website to public visitors. While retaining the same address www.innovateda.org, the new site is now taking on a completely new look with refreshed design, enriched content and new subject headings to provide all-round information to relevant users. In addition, an online forum, accessible from the home page, has been launched together with the main site. The new site aims to build itself into an ideal online platform for communications and interactions, striving to promote better understanding of TII and high-tech business climate in TEDA among concerned parties.

8 May 2008 – TII to boost entrepreneurial tutoring

At the 11th Annual Conference of China's International Business Incubators held today in the Business School of Nankai University, TII and other local incubators cosign their name on a cooperative agreement to launch the Entrepreneurial Tutor Campaign in order to deliver professional and customized incubation services to the SMEs in Tianjin Binhai New Area. From now on, tech-based start-ups and entrepreneurs will be able to enjoy tailored tutoring from successful entrepreneurs in addition to professional services from the incubators. Accordingly, TII will soon announce its revised plan on entrepreneurial tutoring so as to enable more tutors (e.g. famous entrepreneurs in high-tech businesses or scholars/specialists in finance, VC or management) to come and deliver diagnostic, consulting or training services to the occupiers.

21 Apr 2008 – Image promotion campaign gets underway

In order to promote the public image of Tianda Science Park, TII has decided this month to launch a series of comprehensive image improving activities including park logo designing, main entrance repairs, wall plastering, and road repairs. What's more, bids for the new acrylic characters of the TII logo on top of Blocks A1 & A2 will be invited from specialized firms by the end of May.

28 Mar 2008 – Property management agent confirmed for Tianda Science Park

Thriving Future Property, a property management company affiliated to Tianjin TEDA Construction Group Co., Ltd. (a state-owned real estate corporation), signs the contract with TII today to become the authorized management agent for properties within Tianda Science Park.

25 Mar 2008 –BICDS welcomes visitors from Beijing

Delegates from Vimicro Corporation of Beijing have paid a visit to BICDS today, making them the first visitors since the center's official launch earlier this year. The visiting group is led by Mr. Deng Zhonghan, Board Chairman of Vimicro Corp., and their tour is accompanied by Chairman and Vice Chairman of TBNA Administrative Commission, Director of Science and Technology Development Bureau of TEDA Administrative Commission, and the Director of TII.

28 Feb 2008 – Preparations for new technology transfer center under way

A University Technology Transfer Center (UTTC) will come into being soon in TII as a result of the cooperation between TEDA government and Tianjin Municipal Education Commission. A preparatory group has been formed today to facilitate the future launch of UTTC in TII, and Mr. Hongliang Li, vice-director of TII, has been appointed as the deputy leader to facilitate first-phase preparations by utilizing TII's existing resources to the full potential.

3 Feb 2008 – Construction of new buildings to begin later this month

The bidding for the construction project of Haiyun Workshops has come to an end and China Construction 7th Engineering Bureau has won the bid at the price of RMB 51.06 million. According to the agreements, construction of the new workshops will begin on February 16, and the project will be completed by 31 Dec 2008.

24 Jan 2008 –TII holds BICDS opening ceremony

Tianjin Binhai IC Design Service Center (BICDS), a 1,450sqm public service platform offering hardware and software solutions for IC design businesses, is officially launched in TII via the cooperation between the government and Beijing IC Design Park. A number of local government officials and renowned industry experts have taken part in the unveiling and signing ceremony hosted in TEDA Investment Service Center today.

1 Jan 2008 –TII to manage Tianda Science Park

TII has been given the authority to take charge of all issues concerning Tianda Science Park as of today, and consequently, TII has to renew the lease contracts with all the existing occupiers in the Park. Department of Assets of TII will take care of the whole facilities, and preparations are being made for the upcoming major renovation of the buildings.