Yiwu become one of the four major creative city in Zhejiang

"Zhejiang cultural and creative industries development plan" is to solicit opinions around the State Development and Reform Commission. In this draft, Yiwu become a "four major creative city" one.

     The day before yesterday, "cultural and creative leading economies in transition --- 2008 Zhejiang Development Forum" held in Hangzhou. Turning to the province of creative industries planning, the Institute of Development Planning Deputy Chief Economist Li Ming Zhu said, Yiwu with Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, together with the province were classified as "four major creative city." Construction of Central Academy of Art in Hangzhou major cultural areas, the Canal Zone and the high-tech zones three cultural and creative industries concentrated areas, the development of Ningbo University Science Park Band in cultural and creative industries, Wenzhou, the development of eco-park gathering of creative industries, and the Yiwu International Trade City cultural development Band in creative industries.

     As early as 2006, Yiwu Technology Bureau on 100 on the invitation of Professor Gao Xiao creative guide to the economy, a technology from Yiwu City Council, the founder of Yiwu Business School led the creative industries Park also appears in Yiwu Business School. Yiwu "cultural" has become a "Fair" which a show. "Cultural" in cultural and creative industries as the main content of the exhibition on display. This year, Yiwu "cultural" turnover amounted to 1.86 billion yuan, 6.3 percent from the previous growth, foreign trade turnover reached 1.138 billion yuan, accounting for 61.2% of total turnover.

     Compared with the previous two this year, Yiwu "cultural" international standard booths increased by 500 to 2000, the exhibition area of 60,000 square meters, the participants were 61,950 trade visitors than the previous increase of 9.5 percent. Online "cultural" visit amounted to 157,862 times from the previous growth of 70.9 percent.

     Earlier, Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, the provincial She Kelian our province has organized experts on economic issues of industrial transformation and upgrading research. Experts believe that the economy in our province industrial transformation and upgrading the urgent need to address the problem is the development of cultural and creative industries, Zhejiang become a "creative design of a large province."