As the first Chinese city to open its doors to the West, Tianjin is now poised to become the premier Arts Center within China and the world. The Hexi Cultural District presents Tianjin to the international stage with a collection of world-class art buildings, again opening its doors to the world as a gateway of the arts. The Tianjin Museum of Modern Art is metaphorically a fine piece of Jade shaped by the force of the Haihe River as it flows through the building and site - carving away and giving shape to its core, creating continuous encounters with nature and art, and forming harmonious relationships between mountain and river, nature and man, man and art.