eNorth: "2001 Tianjin Week in Hong Kong" was successfully finished under various circles' efforts and get dual-profit of economy and society. The feedback of this activity in Hong Kong was so surprising as to exceed many people's imagination. Now it is the time to summarize the positive experiences during the activity. People all have gotten one idea that to complete the Tianjin's Striding-across development in new century, different aspects of advantages of Tianjin must be integrated as whole unit, which can enlarge and raise Tianjin's influence and international reputation.

What are Tianjin's advantages? The activity, "Tianjin Week in Hong Kong", tells us that Tianjin's superiority is not limited in Tianjin's early implement in Door-Opening, rich natural resource, excellent industry foundation and powerful science & technology intelligence support. Tianjin also has many other advantages in various fields.

Tianjin's handicrafts with local features are very welcome, such as Wei's Kite, Zhang's Painted Clay Figurine, Yangliuqing New Year Pictures... In the public show in Times Square, Hong Kong people queued to answer quizzes to get little handiworks. These distinguished Tianjin handicrafts let them taste the attractive glamour of that faraway city, which is filled with their reveries and hopes of visiting there.

The Peking Opera art of Tianjin let Hong Kong fans freely enjoy the artistic charm of "State's quintessence". Serial 6 performances of Tianjin Youth Peking Opera Troupe in Hong Kong sold the tickets out very quickly. The hot atmosphere in the theater is still remembered until today. Some fans continually see Tianjin's Peking performances for 3 days. In order to see the performance, some fans evenly "threaten" journalists,"No Tickets, No Interview."

Tianjin acrobatics gave big surpises to Hong Kong people. Tianjin Acrobatic Troupe's wonderful performance at the closing ceremony satisfied Hong Kong audiences greatly. Leung Oi-sie, Elsie, Secretary for HKSAR Department of Justice, had planned to watch only half of the peformance. However, the excellent performance made her change her mind to watching till the end. She highly praised that the performers' skill was much better than the French ones' and then she had a group photo taken with the performers.

Tianjin acrobatics gave big surpises to Hong Kong people. Tianjin Acrobatic Troupe's wonderful performance at the closing ceremony satisfied Hong Kong audiences greatly. Leung Oi-sie, Elsie, Secretary for HKSAR Department of Justice, had planned to watch only half of the peformance. However, the excellent performance made her change her mind to watching till the end. She highly praised that the performers' skill was much better than the French ones' and then she had a group photo taken with the performers.

Tianjin's special agricultural products were very popular at the Economy & Trade Exhibition. Tsang Yam-kuen, Donald, Chief Secretary for Administration's Office, showed great interest in the green vegetable such as banana American-pumpkin, big chilli and Tianjin cucumber, etc. When receiving the vegetable given by Tianjin, the VIPs of Hong Kong were pretty happy, thinking it was the most popular "present".

It was just those advantages of all the aspects that became the "highlights" in "2001 Tianjin Week in Hong Kong", strongly attracted the attentions of the friends from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and abroad and raised the international popularity and influence of Tianjin.

We have a lot of advantages. In many fields such as culture, sports, education and hygiene, etc., Tianjin owns a big batch of "fist" products that can absolutely attract the attention of domestic and overseas friends. By means of performing and developing the advantages, Tianjin is able to attract the attention of more domestic and abroad friends, Tianjin's opening-up is able to step on a higher phase and Tianjin's long-term development is able to enjoy continuous stamina and motivation.