【Established Date】The friendship-city relations between Tianjin and Nord-Pas-de-Calais were officially established on October 10, 1984.

【City Characteristics】Nord-Pas-de-Calais is one of the 18 administrative regions of France, situated as the northernmost region. It shares borders with the United Kingdom to the north and Belgium to the northeast. As the third-largest economic region in France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais hosts a diverse array of industries, encompassing large-scale retailing, telecommunications, automobile manufacturing, healthcare, and biotechnology.