The Creative Industries are a concept that fosters creativity into a profitable industry in which innovative people, such as artists, designers, researchers and scientists are recognized as having economic potential.
China
In China, the government implements this agenda in top-down projects, by clustering workplace, cultural programs and other activities into zones inside major cities. As a result, China is promoting creative hubs, turning Chinese made products, into Chinese designed products. Examples of these creative centers are found in the form of art zones, such as 798 and the Gaubeidien project in Beijing, research and software parks, such as the Zhoungguancun area and media centers, such as in Huairou. China actively capitalizes on the creative industries while enabling the government to keep a watchful eye on the innovated population.

Analysis: Chinese Typologies
An initial analysis of the Chinese creative industries results in the following conclusions:

• Campus / Park typologies, with scattered buildings surrounding green open public spaces,
• Reusing of existing industrial buildings.
• Size- projects vary in size from 40,000 sqm to 800,000 sqm.
• Situated on urban infrastructure, and usually located on major highways, and adjacent a train or subway stations,
• Initial bases Also, many of these development projects are chosen to be located where there is already an, such as the spaces already inhabitant with artists, and artists studios.

Narrowing it to three sites
These sites will hold three different creative hubs. Considering their specific location and the Israeli creative potential in them these hubs are:

1. A film and media center on the Glilot Gas and Oil compound;
2. A design zone south of the Herzelia Marina;
3. Science and research park combined with the Reading power plant on the western edge of HaYarkon Park.

Related Links:
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200612/15/eng20061215_332904.html
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/03/content_311221.htm
http://ics.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/9/3/271
http://www.sohochina.com/en/about/index.asp SOHO China
http://www.asia-planet.net/china/splendid-china-shenzhen.htm OCT Shenzhen
http://www.798space.com/index_en.asp 798 District
http://www.artgbd.com/news.asp?id=21 GBD Beijing

Oficial Quotes:
http://www.creativeindustriesobservatory.com/news/?a=story&section=1&newsID=2
http://www.china.org.cn/english/business/231484.htm
http://www.us.design-reuse.com/news/11232/china-eyes-creative-industries-ip-push.html
http://www.us.design-reuse.com/exit/?url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_34/b3948401.htm

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