Coordination of the Industrial Relocation and the Cultural and Creative Industries in the Post-industrial Age in Beijing

In the past decades population growth, urban rural gap, air pollution and other problems have become increasingly obvious in the process of over speedy urbanization of Beijing. Beijing has urgent demands for the sustainable development of industries and shaping new city pattern. This paper discusses the necessity and feasibility of industrial relocation in Beijing and the value of cultural and creative industries to Beijing's urban regeneration. The conclusions are that (1) industrial relocation drives decentralization of population in central urban area of Beijing and contributes to the conservation of the old downtown and the industrial heritage; (2) promoting the cultural and creative industries has both the economic and social value and is an important strategy of urban regeneration of Beijing after industrial relocation.