// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Tianjin?
Tianjin scores 40.6% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #156 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
40.6%
Rank
#156 / 213
Criteria present
27 / 82
Evidence coverage
48.8%
Tianjin's smart city score by area
8 present · 6 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed
2 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 14 not assessed
7 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 9 not assessed
9 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 9 not assessed
1 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed
Where Tianjin is strong
- ▸Digital Government / e-Services
- ▸Resilience & Climate Adaptation
- ▸Pervasive IoT Sensing
- ▸Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
- ▸Digital Twin
Where the gaps are
- ▸City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange
- ▸Real-time Public Transit Intelligence
- ▸Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals
- ▸Smart Water & Waste
- ▸Innovation Ecosystem
Evidence highlights
Digital Twin · BIM/GIS integration
Tianjin operates a public GIS platform (tianjin.tianditu.gov.cn), demonstrating the integration of Geographic Information Systems for city-related data.
https://tianjin.tianditu.gov.cn/Digital Twin · Public/registered access
Tianjin provides public access to city data through its government data portal (data.tj.gov.cn) and a public GIS platform (tianjin.tianditu.gov.cn).
https://data.tj.gov.cn/Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring · Air-quality monitoring network
Tianjin has an official Ecological Environment Bureau (sthj.tj.gov.cn) and a government data portal (data.tj.gov.cn), indicating active environmental management and likely an air quality monitoring network.
http://sthj.tj.gov.cn/Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring · Low/clean-air emission zone
The Tianjin Ecological Environment Bureau website includes a section on "motor-vehicle-pollution-prevention," indicating measures to control vehicle emissions.
http://sthj.tj.gov.cn/businesses/motor-vehicle-pollution-prevention/About this assessment
Tianjin was assessed against the 82 criteria of the DC20 smart city framework on 2026-06-26 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found — see how smart cities are measured. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.