Beijing is currently undergoing a phase of profound change that has recently seen its transformation from an industrial to a post-industrial city, and which generated sudden and radical changes in its spatiality and structure during last years. One of the several consequences of this transitional phase is that the industrial architecture legacy has recently been added to the city's heritage. This awareness comes together with the understanding that the use of industrial sites in relation to the rest of the city is nowadays an important challenging issue for the urban regeneration. Simultaneously, several Chinese cities have seen the creation of artistic and creative districts as strategies for the transformation of disused industrial areas located within the urban fabric of the city.