Women entrepreneurs in today’s business world


The Tianjin Women’s Business Incubator (TWBI) is a non-profit business incubator based in Tianjin, China’s third largest city, dedicated to promoting the growth and development of women-owned businesses of all types in Tianjin. While there are over 400 business incubators in China, TWBI is China’s only women’s mixed business incubator. It was established in 2000 with the financial assistance from the Tianjin Municipal Government, which provided the building and some cash investment, the Tianjin Women’s Federation and three other local government authorities. The incubator had received earlier technical assistance in the form of business planning consultancies and training from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and has been guided in its establishment and development by consultants from Australia and the United States (US). TWBI currently has a building area of 5000 square meters with 48 on-site tenants and 10 off-site tenants and to date has graduated 4 companies. Directly and indirectly it has been responsible for providing employment opportunities for an estimated 2000 people, a ratio far higher than developed-country incubators. It offers clients start-up assistance, business training, business mastermind assistance and assistance to graduates, and it facilitates an on-site micro credit program which received seed funding from UNDP and the Tianjin authorities. Operating at full capacity, it has managed to develop near financial self-sufficiency through charges for office rent, business services and external training courses. It has become famous in China as a model and acts as a center for study tours from other incubators and potential incubators in the country.

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4 Responses to “Tianjin Women’s Business Incubator (China)”

  • MinistryIncubator says:

    Bravo!! Very impressed with your efforts and success. Keep it up.

  • TaskiyahEmaani says:

    im really impressed, i’ve learnt so much from this and as a women it has really incouraged me to look into business and self sufficiancy in work.

    the women who first started the incubation system can only be admired for thier bravery, inteligence and care for thier comunity.

    i wish all the women well who partook in this programe and i hope they make it big in the business industry :)

  • intermediator says:

    chaina nation – respect !

  • yb33133 says:

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