Reuse of Factories

Beijing has released a guideline to transform the capital city’s old factory buildings into urban culture hubs and develop cultural industries.

The old factory buildings can be transformed into cultural centers, libraries, museums and galleries.

The guideline asks that the industrial facades of the old factories be preserved and encourages conservation while renovating and rebuilding them.

It also encourages individuals and companies to participate in the renovation of these old buildings.

Currently, Beijing has more than 200 old factory buildings, covering more than 25 million square meters.

A number of factories in Beijing have been adapted for cultural use in recent years. shelterbelts and enclosing forest to curb the expansion of desert areas, according to the local forestry department.

It has also established national forest parks and wildlife and nature reserves to preserve the local environment.

The Qaidam Basin, with an average altitude of 3,000 meters, is 240,000 square km in area. It has 9.5 million hectares of desertified land.

Local authorities have launched a series of anti-desertification programs to prevent and control desertification in the region in recent years.