Chinese real estate company Fudi Group announced that they will cooperate with international hotel chain Raffles.

Raffles International Hotel & Resorts will reportedly undertake the hotel management for the Tianjin Center project to build the super five-star hotel Raffles Hotel Tianjin. Raffles Hotel Tianjin will open in 2008 and will house 116 high-class guestrooms and suites, including deluxe standard rooms targeted at international top-level guests.

Zhang Lin, vice president of Fudi Group and president of Tianjin Fudi Puhe Development Company, and Yu Zhulin, executive director of Raffles International Hotel & Resorts, reportedly signed the cooperation agreement recently.

Tianjin Center is developed by Fudi Group and located in main business area of Tianjin. It will be a complex combining a super five-star hotel, serviced apartmenta, high-class office buildings, and a shopping mall.