The reporter learned from Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone that, as the construction of urban infrastructure of Tianjin Airport Economic Area was finished and many enterprises settled here successively, the public facilities in Tianjin Airport Economic Area was completed in general, and a basic public service platform with regional characteristics was formed step by step.
Currently, both the permanent resident population and floating population in Airport Economic Area are increasing with each passing day. As of the end of 2011, there were 30,000 inhabitants and a floating population of nearly 100,000 in the area. In order to better serve the enterprises and the inhabitants dwelling in the area, the government of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone keeps intensifying efforts to support and strengthen the carrier construction for public service institutions at basic levels.
For the past few years, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone has been increasing capital input for construction of a series of social supporting facility projects which are either completed or under construction. Those projects include schools offering nine-year compulsory education, kindergartens, sports centers, community health service centers, neighborhood centers and other public service carriers. Additionally, the first library and archives in the zone, international hospital, and other supporting projects are in the process of construction. Those projects can meet the demands of enterprise and inhabitants in the zone and are capable of forming a basic public service platform and network with regional characteristics on the whole.