An aerial drone photo taken on July 19, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
To improve its urban landscape at night, Tianjin has upgraded the lighting installations for 216 buildings, 13 bridges, 8.2 kilometers of riverbanks and 7 piers along the Haihe River so far in 2025.
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows cruise ships sailing on the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)A drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River near the Tianjin Railway Station in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)A drone photo taken on July 19, 2025 shows cruise ships sailing on the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)A drone photo taken on July 19, 2025 shows cruise ships sailing on the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)A drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River near the Tianjin Railway Station in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 1, 2025 shows a night view along the Haihe River in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
