As Tianjin's primary pillar industry, equipment manufacturing industry has formed a preliminary structure within which 10 major categories operate, that is, traffic and transportation, dockyard, petrochemical industry, wind power generation, nuclear power, water power, super-high voltage electric transmission and distribution, construction machinery, port machinery, and agricultural machinery. 

Furthermore, Tianjin will enjoy emerging comparative advantages in domains of high-speed railway, high-power locomotive, city light-rail transportation, and large-scale shipyard since major projects including CSR Corporation Limited, China CNR Corporation Limited, and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) have settled in Tianjin.