Courtyard No. 6 Creative Industry Park

　　Tianjin Courtyard No. 6 Creative Industry Park derives its name from its location at No. 6, Taierzhuang Road, Heping District. Originally a warehouse of the British Jardine Matheson & Co., it was built in 1921 and covers a total area of 10,000 square meters. Starting in 2000, artists began to gather here; in 2007, the park invested nearly 10 million yuan in upgrading its infrastructure and applied for various policy supports, successfully transforming from traditional service industries to a creative industry hub. A number of projects with strong innovation capabilities and promising development prospects have settled in the park, with animation, design, and art becoming its three main business sectors. Currently, the park hosts over 30 creative enterprises, with an occupancy rate of 95%. Courtyard No. 6 has successively been awarded titles such as Heping District Modern Service Demonstration Park, Tianjin Animation Talent Training Base, China’s Most Investment-Valuable Creative Base in 2008, and China’s Best Creative Industry Park in 2009.

　　High-end creative enterprises and talents are gathering in the park. Huital Art Center, the largest contemporary art management institution in Tianjin; Beijing Liebin Gallery, which specializes in European oil paintings; Yutian Ruiyi Gallery, focusing on high-end oil painting artworks and derivatives; Sanpintang, the first private colored pottery museum in China; the country’s first platinum photography art gallery; and the most advanced four-dimensional film and television base in China have all settled in the park.

　　The park offers a rich array of exhibitions and cultural activities. It actively promotes various exhibitions and cultural exchange events to inspire innovation in culture. In 2008 alone, it hosted more than 30 exhibitions in categories such as animation, Chinese painting and calligraphy, oil painting, sculpture, and architectural design. The breadth of content and the scale of influence earned widespread praise within the industry. Events such as China’s first platinum photography art exhibition in February 2009, the Touching Classics European Antique Paintings Exhibition in April, and the launch ceremony of China’s Industrial Design Red Star Award were all held at Courtyard No. 6. In June, the 11th Tianjin Fine Arts Exhibition—the most academically prestigious and influential—was held at Courtyard No. 6, highlighting its status in high-end cultural exchanges.

　　The cultural industrialization process is accelerating. Currently, Courtyard No. 6 has formed a complete industrial chain integrating artistic creation, artwork display, sales, and auctions. Additionally, the courtyard has established industry-academia-research alliances with several universities in Tianjin, and reached strategic collaborations with the Tianjin Industrial Design Association to promote the industrialization of innovative design. Leveraging the China Innovation Design Red Star Award, it aims to bring innovative designs to market and build a comprehensive innovation transformation base. At the 5th Shenzhen Cultural Industries Fair in May 2009, Fufengda Film & Television Company secured cooperation agreements worth approximately 300 million yuan for its 2D, 3D animation, and stereoscopic imaging technologies, making it the brightest star among Tianjin exhibitors.

　　In the future, Courtyard No. 6 will continue to develop as a platform for market transactions, exhibitions, industrial chain expansion, as well as investment and financing. It will become a base for the development of Tianjin’s creative enterprises and talent cultivation, a renowned urban leisure and sightseeing destination in Tianjin, and a consumer district leading the city’s high-end cultural development.