// 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

Data & Digital Foundation79%

8 present · 6 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed

Mobility100%

2 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 14 not assessed

Environment & Resources94%

7 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 9 not assessed

Governance & People91%

9 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 9 not assessed

Economy & Method60%

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.