Profile: Zhang Gaoli: From "poor boy" to political figure (5)

（Xinhua）  08:37, December 26, 2012

The city's per capita GDP growth topped 13,000 U.S. dollars last year, putting it ahead of all others in the country.

More than 1,000 highly polluting and resources-consuming enterprises were shut down during the five years, while hi-tech industries, such as supercomputers, new-type carrier rockets and aircraft, gradually became the city's economic backbone.

The Airbus assembly line in Tianjin has assembled more than 100 A320 planes and has been hailed as a model for China-Europe cooperation.