Evaluation of 798 Art District

Beijing's 798 is much better than 798.

798 is the first in China. Located in China, 798 contains unique China elements. Not Soho in new york, not Left Bank in France, nor Ruhr in Germany. It's 798 in China. We see that 798 has various galleries, including American, French, German, Belgian, Japanese and Korean. What seems to be a United Nations of culture and art is actually an inclusive, open, generous and experimental art special zone in China and China. China's culture is very inclusive. Almost any culture can take root and sprout in the soil of China, and it is diverse. The profoundness of China culture is unique in the world. Culture and art belong to all mankind when it rises to a certain height, because it belongs to China, so it belongs to the world!

The second is contemporary. Its landscape and elements include China in the early days of the People's Republic of China, China in the construction period, China in the Cultural Revolution period and China in the reform and opening up period. People say they want to see three places in Beijing, one is the Great Wall, the other is the Forbidden City, and the other is 798. So I went to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City to see the tradition. The Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Beijing Hutong show people ancient Beijing, reflecting its ancient culture, while "798" is a very fashionable and avant-garde place, where industry and art coexist, and history and future coexist, showing contemporary China culture. By 798, we will see the present, the occurrence and the development of China.

Third, 798 is artistic, and the positioning of "798" must fall on art, because the existence of art will form a benign interaction. When looking for design elements, many designers are willing to go to "798" for inspiration, except Paris, France and Milan, Italy, because "798" is a place of contemporary art, where you can see cutting-edge things. Things here are avant-garde and incomprehensible, but we should not vilify them because we don't understand them, because they are also a kind of existence. It is these avant-garde and artistic things that make "798" never lack topics. Because it is artistic and contemporary, it has formed a benign interactive circle of art, design, fashion, media, capital and power, and because of art, 798 is different from Zhongguancun and other cultural and creative industrial parks.

The fourth one, 798, contains an original one. Originality is the core of "798" competition. Creation is the embodiment of life. We should attach importance to intellectual property rights, tolerate originality, and don't easily deny originality. Simple imitation may see short-term benefits, but manufacturing without intellectual property rights is limited by the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, and its competitiveness is easily lost. Although originality is hard, it is difficult to achieve short-term results. Just like studying, it seems that it is more difficult to study for a doctorate abroad than to work abroad. The job of serving food may be lost at any time, but the core competitiveness formed in learning is difficult to be deprived and replaced. Today, 798 is the exhibition and trading center of contemporary art in China, and it will become a world-famous art park in the future. The original works of art that are happening in China are displayed and traded here, which is an indispensable existence in the process from China manufacturing to China creation. This is my personal view of 798. So when we talk about "798", we are talking about a lifestyle, a lifestyle. Whether we work and live in "798" or not, whether we know about art or not, people in China today should know about "798 lifestyle".

The government's policy guidance, the industrialized operation of owners, the sustainable development of institutions, the protection of artists' existence, the concern of the media and the support of enthusiastic people are indispensable. Whether a benign large-scale "798*** body" can be formed and whether 798 can make an amazing leap from China to the world in the future depends on its sustainability and inclusiveness.