【Established Date】Tianjin and the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil formally established friendship-city relations on April 18, 1995.

【City Characteristics】 Rio de Janeiro is the smallest state in Brazil and its capital is Rio de Janeiro. The state is one of the most economically developed areas in Brazil and South America, and is known as an important transportation hub and a center of information, communication, tourism, culture, finance and insurance in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is the second largest industrial base in Brazil with many ports, among which the Port of Rio de Janeiro is one of the three best natural ports in the world. The main industries are metallurgy, petrochemical industry, automobile manufacturing and pharmaceutical industry.