TEDA was the acronym of Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area.

The Chinese name 泰达 (pinyin: Tài dá) was in turn the transliteration of TEDA.

TEDA Holding (Chinese: 天津泰达投资控股有限公司), as the name suggested, was originally related to Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (Chinese: 天津经济技术开发区; acronym TEDA) as an investment vehicle of Tianjin Municipal People's Government.

It was renamed to the current name (from 天津经济技术开发区总公司) in 2001, after a merger with sister company TEDA Group (Chinese: 泰达集团) and Tianjin TEDA Construction Group (Chinese: 天津泰达建设集团).

[2]: 3 It was later expended to multiple sector, which now included football club, securities trading services, trust investment company and steel manufacturing.