Creative Parks

Creative parks are becoming popular all over the world but Asia is considered to be the place of their birth. Shanghai has seen a boom of creative industry parks. A batch of creative parks have taken initial shape at some old factory buildings and warehouses thanks to the city’s intensifying efforts at preserving and developing historic industrial structures. The historic heritage and convenient geological locations along the banks of Suzhou Creek gave birth to the creative industries. By the end of 2006, the city had 75 creative parks, with a total floor area of 2.21 million squares. The parks are now home to more than 3,500 creative industry companies from more than 30 countries and regions, involving 27,000 art workers. The businesses in these parks feature industrial design, interior design, construction design, ad design, clothing design, game software, manga art, Internet media, fashion, studios, brand promotion and artistic articles. The creek is lined with famous creative industry parks like Creativity Warehouse, Zhoujiaqiao Center, E Cang on Yichang Road, M50 Park on Moganshan Road, and Jing’an Creative Art Park on Changhua Road.

Details of the creative parks on the banks of Suzhou Creek:

M50 park:




At 50 Moganshan Rd, the 41,000-square-meter facility is housed in the best-preserved textile industry factory along Suzhou Creek. This creative park features visual art and fashion design. Its good service and beautiful environment have prompted more than 80 enterprises from 14 countries and regions and more than 10 provincial areas in China to move onto its premise. It is the city’s largest and most influential creative industry park. 

Tian Zi Fang Creative Park:




The complex in Luwan District has a floor area of 120,000 squares, 80% of which features office buildings. It features bridges, which joins up the office buildings and blends the fashion and creative ideas from home and abroad. More than
40 companies devoted to creative industry, art and fashion have moved into Bridge 8, turning it into a source of creative ideas and a showcase of fashion.