[5] In 2006, the Chinese Communist Party Tianjin Municipal Research Room (中共天津市委研究室) said the Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone will be the highly open and free trade demonstration harbor.

[10] On December 28, 2014, the executive meeting of State Council of the People's Republic of China passed the resolution for Tianjin FTZ.

[11][12] On March 24, 2015, the Overall program of China (Tianjin) Pilot Free-Trade Zone (中国（天津）自由贸易试验区总体方案) was passed by Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.

[13] On April 8, 2015, the Overall program of Tianjin FTZ was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

[14] Also, twenty-six financial institutions (include headquarters and branches) were founded in Tianjin FTZ.