On The Development Of The Creative Cities In China

With the development of the urbanization， there are some problems in China’s urban constructionsuch as the unclear target location，unordered competition and blind construction， all of these result in thedecline of the urban ecological carrying capacity; the urban economy is retrogressing， the urbanenvironment quality is declining; social conflict and differentiation of the city is obvious， the gapbetween the urban and suburb areas， urban and rural areas is widening， and we are urgently pushing forthe urban development transition.The creative economy is the soul of modern city， and the cultural creativity competition is the coreof urban competition. Countries around the world are paying more and more attention to the role of thecreative industry in the urban development， especially the developed countries propose a series of newrequirements and initiatives to enhance the urban competitive power from the perspective of creativecities， and this can provide a reference for China’s urban transition， which is faced with the developmentbottleneck.The study is based on the summary of the relative theories at home and abroad including the creativeindustry， the creative economy， the urban competitiveness and the creative cities， the study discussesthe industrial characteristics and the dynamics mechanism of the creative city construction developmentand role of it in the regional economic development， the study learns the development experience fromsome international famous creative cities such as New York， London and Tokyo and some typicaldomestic creative cities such as Shanghai， Beijing and Hong Kong， the study explores the establishmentof the evaluation index system of the creative city construction with Chinese characteristics and putsforward the strategies，models，countermeasures and suggestions for the development of the creative cityin China so as to make a significant reference to the enrichment of the creative city theory and theguidance of the creative city construction in China.The paper includes the introduction and six chapters. The introduction has made the background andsignificance， ideas and methods， innovative and insufficient of the research clear. It points out thatcreative city is a new paradigm for the urban development， and it is an effective way for thetransformation development and the competitiveness improvement of our city.Chapter Ⅰ. Summary of the Theories. Be based on the summary of the theoretical literatures and thelatest achievements on the creative city at home and abroad， it discusses the creativity， creativeindustries， creative economy， creative cities， urban competitiveness and the interaction between thecreative cities， and it puts emphasis on the elaboration of the importance of the creative economicdevelopment in enhancing the competitiveness of the city， and points out the importance of creative cityconstruction. In this part， it points out: creative industry is the core of the creative economy， theagglomerate development of the creative industry forms the creative industrial cluster， and this promotesthe growth mode of the city’s economy shifting from extensive type to intensive type， the urban industrialstructure upgrades from the traditional manufacturing industry to modern service industry， the urbanfunction space transforms from the old factory to the intelligent space and in turn it promotes the evolutionof the creative city from a creative industry center.Chapter Ⅱ. The Conditions and Dynamic Mechanism of the Creative City Development. In this part，be based on the scientific definition of the connotation and characteristics of the creative city， it putsemphasis on the analysis of the development conditions of the creative city and the logical relationship between the core elements， reveals the dynamic mechanism of creative city construction， and exploresthe important role of the creative city construction to the regional economic development.Chapter Ⅲ. The Development， Problems and Causes of the Creative Cities in China. In this part，be based on the brief overview of the formation，development and the current situation of China’s creativecities， it analyzes the main features of the creative city development in China， and points out someproblems such as emptiness and convergence of the creative city development in our country， the creativeindustry is regressing as a whole， the driving force on the city is not strong， the creative city functionsare not complete， and the regional economic role is not prominent， this part puts emphasis on thediscussion of the obstacle factors of the creative city development in China to provide practice support forthe domestic research.Chapter IV. Creative City Development at Home and Abroad and Its Experience Reference. In thispart，it analyzes the development and the core dynamic factors of some international famous cities such asNew York， London and Tokyo and some typical domestic creative cities such as Shanghai， Beijing andHong Kong， reveals the general rules of the creative city development， uses the successful experience ofthe creative city development at home and abroad to provide practice support for the development of thecreative city in our country.Chapter V. The Construction of the Evaluation Index System of the Creative City in China. In thispart，it is based on an overview of the content of the evaluation index system of the creative city tocompare and comprehensively analyze the evaluation index system of the creative cities: the Europeancountries and Shanghai， and it analyzes the index system from the view of the creative ability， creativeenvironment and creative vitality respectively， on this basis， it evaluates the creative activities of thefour major regional representative cities in China， analyzes their dynamic mechanisms and makes clearthe development directions of them respectively.Chapter VI. The Development Choice of the Creative Cities in China.Be based on the core evaluationfactors of the creative city， the paper learns from the development experience of the creative cities athome and abroad， and puts forward the strategic choice， mode selection， countermeasures andsuggestions of the creative cities development in our country. This study suggests that the construction ofthe creative cities needs developed economy， agglomerate creative industry， many creativeprofessionals，strong cultural atmosphere，the open social system，inclusive city spirit and huge creativeproducts demand. It doesn’t mean that all cities should be built into creative cities，but all the cities shouldhave creative activities， establish creative industry， and develop the creative economy. This requires thetransition development to be combined closely with the creative cities and the creative cities construction，scientifically positioning the urban development direction， and takes a variety of modes to construct theChinese-type creative cities which can conform to the general rules of the creative city and at the sametime have local characteristics.