The mayor of north China's Tianjin Municipality said Monday that the city is expected to attain the economic growth target of 4.5 percent in 2019.

The annual government work report, delivered by Zhang Guoqing at the opening meeting of the annual session of the Tianjin Municipal People's Congress, set the GDP growth target at 4.5 percent.

Tianjin's GDP grew about 3.6 percent in 2018.