In December 1860, the British Minister to China, Mr. Bruce, in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Beijing, which "permitted British nationals to rent land and houses in the ports of commerce" (and did not provide for the establishment of a lease), sent a note to the Governor-General of Zhili, Mr. Hengfu, and forced the British Concession to be set aside.

On September 11, 1860, the British and Chinese sides exchanged instruments of ratification of the Sino-British Treaty of Tianjin, and at the same time signed the Renewal of the Treaty of Addition

(i.e., the Treaty of Beijing). The fourth paragraph of the Treaty of Tianjin stipulated: "On the date of the signing of the Treaty of Tianjin, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty granted that the sea port of Tianjin would be used as a port for commerce, and that all British people living and trading in Tianjin would be subject to the regulations of the ports of Tianjin as permitted by the articles of the Treaty of Tianjin, with the proportions of the ports of Tianjin being the same as those of the ports of Tianjin." On December 17, 1860, the British Concession was opened, and the initial area was about 460 mu. The initial area was about 460 mu. The location was on the west bank of the Haihe River, in the area of Zizhulin Village. Later, it was continuously expanded, forming the east of the Haihe River, the north along the Bao Tu Tu Road (now Yingkou Road) and the Tianjin French Concession adjacent to the west to the Hai Guang Si Avenue (now Xikang Road), and the south along the Mazhang Road to Tonglou. In order to avoid the expense of land reclamation, most of the British merchants who traveled to Tianjin at first did not want to live in the Concession, but rented land and bought houses inside and outside Tianjin. Nevertheless, due to the rapid development of local Sino-British trade, in 1861 there were 41 British merchant ships docked at the newly built wharf in the British Concession, and in 1862 the number increased to 69, so the British Concession in the early days of the opening of the rapid development. Boundary soon built a number of foreign banks, built the British, Prussian, Danish, Portuguese and other countries consulates, but also built billiard rooms, basketball courts, clubs and other recreational facilities.

The greater development of the Tianjin Concession began in 1870. In June of that year, the Tientsin Papal Incident occurred. Angry people in Tianjin killed the French consul Fung Tai-yip and others, and burned down the Wang Hai Lou Church and the French Consulate in Tianjin. After the incident, the foreign nationals thought that living in the Concession was much safer than living in the Chinese community, so they moved into the Concession, which accelerated the pace of development of the Zizhulin Concession. At this time, the British Concession has been set up in the British business Gao Lin foreign banks, HSBC Bank, the German business Lai and foreign banks, Zen Chen detailed hit Guangdong many foreign banks, banks. Especially famous is known as the British "Royal four banks" Jardine Matheson, Taikoo, Yankee and New Tai Hing foreign banks. In order to promote the development of trade, the British Concession authorities are committed to the construction of new wharves, and placed a variety of port facilities.

In 1883, the local government of Tianjin also used the donations from the wharf to build the stone road along the river from the wharf to Tianjin, greatly facilitating the traffic between the city and the concession. Thus, the original shipping center of tianjin three forks river mouth noisy dock gradually decline, the British Concession became tianjin's trade, shipping center. Since then, Tianjin's foreign trade grew more rapidly. 18 century 70s, Tianjin's foreign trade value of more than 10 million customs two, 1889 increased to 31.24 million customs two, in 1894 increased to 44.27 million customs two. In this way, Tianjin became one of the most important ports of commerce in the country, and the British Concession in Tianjin became one of the most prosperous of all British-administered concessions. Inside the boundary built rows of high-rise buildings, built Victoria Road and other traffic arteries, but also built as the seat of the Ministry of Public Works Bureau of the huge public **** building Gordon Hall. During this period, however, the French Concession in Tianjin and the American Concession in Tianjin remained unchanged. From 1870 onwards, after France lost the Franco-Prussian War, and was then embroiled in a prolonged war of aggression against Vietnam and China, its trade with China fell into disarray. In the 1870s and 1880s, at most a few, sometimes none, French merchant ships arrived in Tianjin each year. Under these circumstances, the French Concession lost its basis for prosperity. The situation of the American Concession was particularly special. Thus, in the first period, i.e., the period of development, the British Concession was always the only one in the Tientsin Concession. From 1895 onwards, the Tientsin Concession entered the second period, i.e. the period of prosperity. From this year onwards, during the 8 years, Germany, Japan, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Austria and other 6 countries have opened in tianjin, Britain, France, Germany, Japan and other 4 countries, respectively, or several times the expansion of the lease, so that tianjin formed for the county 8 times the size of the 8 countries in the situation of the sea and river. At the same time, with China and the countries concerned to carry out large-scale projects to repair the Haihe River, the larger foreign merchant ships have been able to sail directly to the Tianjin Concession; and a large amount of sediment dug out of the Haihe River to fill up the British, French, Japanese and other countries in the concession of the swamp, so that Tianjin Concession of the investment environment has been greatly improved.

On March 31, 1897, the British Concession of Tianjin was extended westward to the Wall River. On October 23, 1902, the 131 mu Tianjin American Concession was incorporated into the Southern Extension of the British Concession in Tianjin, and on January 14, 1903, the British Concession in Tianjin was again extended to the west of the Shanzi River by 3928 mu, which was called the Southern Extension. On January 14, 1903, the British Concession in Tianjin was further extended to 3928 mu to the west of Huazi River, which was called the British Extra Rural Extension.

In June 1923, Li Yuanhong had announced the relocation of the government of the Republic of China to Tianjin, which was actually the British Concession of Tianjin, and issued presidential directives and presidential appointments there, as well as setting up a guest house for parliamentarians, making the British Concession of Tianjin once the residence of the president of the Republic of China as well as the seat of the government without a cabinet. When the Japanese war of aggression against China began, it was extremely dissatisfied with Britain's active aid to China and its moral condemnation of Japan. At the same time, Japan's invasion of the British Concession and its rapid development of conflict, the existence of international concessions has become a huge obstacle to the establishment of Japan's "new order in East Asia". Therefore, in 1939, the Japanese army launched an attack on the British Concession in Tianjin, as well as the Concessions in Shanghai and Gulangyu Island almost simultaneously. As the British Concession in Tianjin is located in northern China, it has always been an ideal base for Chinese nationalists to carry out anti-Japanese activities, and it also circulates Chinese official currency and holds a considerable amount of the Chinese government's silver reserves, so the Japanese used the British Concession in Tianjin as a breakthrough point.

The conflict between Britain and Japan over the British Concession in Tientsin began in September 1938, when the British Concession authorities, on the advice of the Japanese military authorities, arrested Su Qingwu, an alleged leader of the anti-Japanese guerrillas. The Japanese side demanded that the British Concession authorities extradite this person, but the British side claimed that there was insufficient evidence to show that this person was using the Concession as a base for anti-Japanese activities, and a stalemate ensued between the two sides. There was also a heated discussion within the British government about whether to hand over Su Qingwu to the Japanese. Clergy and Jamieson, the British Consul General in Tientsin, argued that "if Su Qingwu is proved guilty, he should be handed over". However, the British Ambassador to China, Mr. Carr, and most of the members of the Far East Department of the British Foreign Office disagreed, arguing that "Japan's pressure on Tientsin was part of a vast foreign policy guided by the 'New Order' policy, which was designed to completely marginalize British power and interests in China". out. The British side should therefore take a hard line on this." The British Foreign Office favored Carr's view and refused the handover on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

While Britain and Japan were arguing over the handover of Su Qingwu, Cheng Xigeng, a well-known pro-Japanese figure, the superintendent of the Tianjin Customs and manager of the Tianjin branch of the United Preparatory Bank of North China, was sniped and assassinated on the night of April 9, 1939, at the Da Guangming Theater in the British Concession in Tianjin. The British Concession arrested four suspects. The Japanese authorities demanded that the four men be handed over to the Japanese. Clergy and Jamieson feared that Japan might occupy the Concession by force, arguing that "if an occupation by force did take place, we would not be able to count on American assistance as we did in Shanghai." They asked the Foreign Office to agree to hand over the four men. But Carr objected: "It would be hard on the conscience to take such a course of action, and it would be very difficult to account for it to Chungking." The Foreign Office eventually agreed with Carr and delayed handing over the four men, and on June 5, the Japanese issued an ultimatum to the British authorities in Tientsin, saying that if the British did not hand over the suspects for the assassination of Ching Sik Gung within two days, the Japanese would take the necessary steps to blockade the British Concession. Jamieson and Clergy demanded concessions from Japan. Klecky said, "To risk our position in North China at this most inopportune time, and to become involved in a serious conflict with Japan merely for legal details, is frankly incomprehensible to me." Instead, Carr countered, "The question is more primarily a moral one than merely a legal one." Ultimately, Halifax instructed Jamieson, "I will not intend to hand over the four suspects in the Stabbing Program case without convincing evidence that makes clear the facts of the crime, rather than evidence other than confessions generated under Japanese threat." He decided to adopt Carr's suggestion that a commission of inquiry be formed with one person each from Britain, Japan, and the United States. But the proposal was not accepted by Japan, and on June 14, Japan formally blockaded the British Concession in Tientsin, causing a halt to normal life in the British Concession, which came to be known as the "Tientsin British Concession Crisis".

Japan's move caused a strong reaction from Britain. The Japanese army strip-searched all British people, men and women alike, entering and leaving the British Concession, causing an uproar in British public opinion. Britain began to consider the question of economic sanctions against Japan, and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain hinted in the House of Commons that unless Japan lifted the blockade, Britain might retaliate economically.15 On the 15th, the British Ministry of Commerce submitted to the Foreign Office a number of proposals for economic sanctions against Japan, the most important of which was to abrogate the 1911 Anglo-Japanese Treaty.17 On the 17th, the British officials declared to the outside world that if the situation in Tientsin did not improve by the end of the week, Britain On the 17th, the British official announced that if the situation in Tientsin did not improve by the end of the week, Britain would have three possible means of economic retaliation: " First, cancel the most-favored-nation status enjoyed by Japan; second, abrogate the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of 1911; and, third, impose a heavy duty on all imports of Japanese goods. "However, the situation in Europe became more and more unfavorable to Britain. Germany's blitzkrieg was successful time and again, and Western and Northern Europe fell one after another. In June, France, which claimed to have the "most powerful army in Europe", also surrendered to Germany, and Britain was left to fight alone in Europe. Under the leadership of the new Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Britain was even more eager to compromise with Japan and to solve the Tientsin Crisis as soon as possible. In the end, Britain signed the Tianjin Agreement with Japan on June 12, 1940, despite China's opposition, and compromised with Japan on the issue of the Tianjin silver deposit. Thus, Britain and Japan reached an agreement on Tientsin. The Japanese army lifted the 372-day blockade of the British Concession in Tianjin, and the crisis of the Tianjin Concession subsided. The Works Bureau of the Tianjin British Concession was established in 1862, with its headquarters at Gordon Hall, and was indirectly under the leadership of the British Consulate in China and the British Foreign Office. 1899, the Works Bureau of the Promotional Concession of the Tianjin British Concession was also established under the Board of Directors of the Promotional Concession of the Tianjin British Concession, with an organization basically similar to that of the Tianjin Works Bureau of the Tianjin British Concession, and in January 1919, the Original Tenancy, the Promotional Concession and the Outside Walls Concession of the Tianjin British Concession came together to form a joint venture between Japan and Britain. In January 1919, the Tianjin British Concession Original Tenancy, the Tianjin British Concession Extension Tenancy and the Tianjin British Concession Outside Walls Tenancy were merged to form a unified Tianjin British Concession Public Works Bureau, the organization of which was basically the same as that of the original Tianjin British Concession Public Works Bureau. After the establishment of the Board of Directors of the Tianjin British Concession, the executive body of the Board of Directors, the Works Bureau of the Tianjin British Concession, was also established. At that time, Tianjin British Concession Ministry of Public Works Bureau set up the financial department, engineering department, police department, electricity department, waterway department and medical officer of health department and other departments.

Additionally, there were six custodian corps established by the Bureau of Public Works of the British Concession in Tianjin, which entered into a custodian contract with the Bureau, namely: the custodian corps of the Redwall Road Stadium, the custodian corps of the Bonds, the custodian corps of the Open Space, the custodian corps of the English School, the custodian corps of the Tianjin Public School and the custodian corps of the Pension Fund.

The Works Bureau of the British Concession in Tianjin also had eight municipal committees: the Electricity Committee, the Medical Committee, the Water Committee, the Works Committee, the Mechanical Accounting Committee, the School Committee, the Police Committee, and the Volunteer Committee. The members of these eight municipal committees were appointed by the directors of the British Concession in Tianjin, and the chairman of the board was also a member of each committee. At the beginning of the establishment of the British Concession in Tianjin, commerce was not very prosperous. After the Tianjin Incident, foreigners and foreign banks moved into the Concession from the Tianjin City Hall. The earliest foreign firms established in Tianjin were mostly operated by British merchants, and most of them were located in the British Concession in Tianjin. Later, with the development of import and export trade and the continuous improvement of the environment of the British Concession in Tianjin, the number of foreign banks increased year by year. 1936, the British opened 68 foreign banks in Tianjin. In 1936, the number of British foreign banks in Tianjin amounted to 68. The British foreign banks in the British Concession in Tianjin operated a wide range of business, from opium to all kinds of machines and munitions, and therefore, the British foreign banks were in a dominant position in the import and export trade for a long period of time. Among them, Jardine Matheson and Taikoo monopolized the shipping business in Tianjin and had specialized wharves and warehouses in the river dam of the British Concession. At that time, the British Concession in Tianjin, the more famous foreign banks are: Gao Lin foreign banks, Jardine Matheson foreign banks Tianjin branch, Taikoo foreign banks Tianjin branch, the new Taixing foreign banks, Yan Kee foreign banks Crow tianjin branch, An Li foreign banks, Wing Fung foreign banks, Yong Chang Tai foreign banks, the Asia Fire Oil Company tianjin branch, the Yong Sheng foreign banks, the Pauline foreign banks, the Ying Rui Company and so on.

Tianjin British Concession has two commercial districts: Xiaobailou on the southeastern edge and Huangjia Garden in the center. The Xiaobailou commercial district was a White Russian gathering area, with many bars, dance halls, western restaurants, clothing stores, beauty stores, etc. serving the troops of various countries, with strong Russian colors. In the early days of the Tianjin Concession, the catering and service industries were mostly concentrated in the British Concession. Around the 1890s, western-style catering and service industries, such as Miner's Restaurant, Schmers Restaurant and Lansdowne's Tea Shop, appeared in the British Concession of Tianjin. Some of the more famous ones are: Lishunde Hotel, Palace Hotel, Tai Lai Hotel, British Country Club, Victorian Restaurant and West Lake Villa etc. While the churches and Chinese in the Concession promoted education, newspapers and magazines founded by foreigners also emerged, and most of them were located in the British Concession and the French Concession. 1886, November 6, the British German, Duchess Lin, founded the first newspaper in Tianjin, China Times, in the British Concession. China Times. The newspaper was initially an English weekly, written by missionaries such as William A.P. Ting and Charles Ting who were well versed in Chinese culture. The most distinctive feature of the newspaper was that it specialized in the translation and publication of Chinese news, oracles, and "some other news that no Chinese newspaper could compare with", and it was known as "the best newspaper in the Far East" at that time.

In March 1894, the British architect William Bellingham founded the Peking and Tientsin Times (Peking and Tientsin Times) with the support of the British Concessionary Board of Works, which was published until 1941 when the Pacific War broke out.

By the 1930s, there were more than 40 newspapers founded by foreigners in Tianjin, the vast majority of which were run in the British and French Concessions and had a church background. The majority of them were run in the British and French Concessions and had a church background.[17] These newspapers and magazines spread the news while also playing the role of enlightening the people, and from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, as the social strata gradually realized the importance of enlightening the people, a large number of reading offices appeared to provide the public with free access to newspapers, magazines, and books. By the early 1930s, there were nearly 30 Chinese and foreign news agencies in Tianjin, which issued more than 30 kinds of newspapers with a total circulation of more than 290,000 copies, and the local circulation reached 187,000 copies. If calculated on the basis of people with reading ability in Tianjin at that time, a daily average of 2.5 people owned a newspaper. In addition, there were as many tabloid newspapers as there were other newspapers. After the establishment of the Tianjin Concession, with the continuous arrival of British expatriates, a variety of modern sports activities were first widely carried out in the British Concession in Tianjin, a variety of sports associations and sports clubs have been established in Tianjin, Tianjin's earliest public **** stadiums also began to appear in the British Concession, in the early twentieth century, the British Concession in Tianjin has become the center of modern sports in Tianjin.

In 1862, the Tianjin Jockey Club was established and held the first horse race in Tianjin, and the Tianjin Jockey Club became the earliest sports club in the British Concession of Tianjin. After that, the Paper Scattering Club, Tianjin Lawn Tennis Club, Tianjin Women's Lawn Tennis Club, Tianjin Lawn Tennis Association, Tianjin Floating Club, Tianjin Ice Hockey Club, Tianjin Softball Club, Tianjin Polo Club, Tianjin Cricket Club, Tianjin Golf Club, Tianjin Youth Sports Association, Tianjin Amateur Radio Association and other sports associations were established in the British Concession of Tianjin one after another. In terms of sports venues, in January 1895, the Public **** Stadium, commonly known as the "British Stadium", which was set up by the British Concession donors, was completed in the British Concession, and in 1926, the Minyuan Stadium was completed, and a number of large-scale tournaments have been held.