Number 5 Creative Park is a converted industrial complex in the Jiangdong district that has been redeveloped into a hub for design studios, galleries, restaurants, and creative businesses. The buildings are former factory and warehouse structures from the 1950s and 1960s, and the conversion has retained the industrial aesthetic — exposed brick, steel roof trusses, concrete floors — while filling them with the kind of artisanal coffee, design retail, and studio spaces found in similar post-industrial conversions in creative cities worldwide.
The park is less polished than its counterparts in Beijing's 798 or Shanghai's M50, which makes it more genuinely functional as a creative workspace. Several studios offer direct sales of work, and the small galleries run a programme of contemporary art exhibitions that are reliably more interesting than the commercial galleries in the main shopping districts. The weekend food market within the park is a good option for a relaxed afternoon lunch.