What is Beijing 798?

Beijing 798 brings together many cultural and artistic elements such as galleries, design rooms, art exhibition spaces, artists' studios, fashion shops, restaurants and bars.

They come from France, Italy, Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Japan, Australia, South Korea, China, Taiwan Province Province of China, and Hongkong of China. 798 has become the exhibition center of China's culture and art, and an influential gathering area of cultural and creative industries at home and abroad.

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Factory 798, located in Dashanzi, Chaoyang District, Beijing, was once a mysterious military enterprise. Since 2002, with the arrival of a number of artists and cultural institutions, vacant factories have been rented and renovated on a large scale, and an art community integrating art centers, galleries, artists' studios, design companies, advertising companies and bars has gradually formed.

The factory around 798 was aided by the Soviet Union and designed and built by German experts in the early 1950s. It has distinctive Bauhaus artistic characteristics and emphasizes artistry in practicality. The house is tall and spacious, with a curved roof and sloping glass windows, conveying unique charm.

Many foreign scholars visiting here said that modern industrial buildings like 798 are rare and precious in Asia. The buildings here have witnessed the glorious history of China's industry. The slogans and murals left on the walls since the "Cultural Revolution" period have revealed a remarkable sense of vicissitudes after more than 50 years of wind and rain.

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