What aspects of participatory design can help urban revitalisation; in particular in the restructuring of former industrial zones in China.

中国城市的后工业区正在被重新开发，作为城市地区复兴的催化剂。北京的798艺术区和751 D园区就是这一战略的典范，融入这些城市的创意文化，为创意企业提供蓬勃发展的平台。这些项目在推动中国创意经济发展方面取得的成功，催生了一批复制再开发项目，为全国各城市的工业区和文化园区的业态打造了蓝图。虽然许多城市更新项目雄心勃勃地寻求促进经济增长，但它们往往未能在设计和规划中应对每个地点的不同背景。因此，虽然它们在提供零售和娱乐设施方面表现良好，但在为发展本地企业提供其他机会或满足社会福利需要方面表现不佳。这对于地方创意经济的发展尤其重要，因为了解当地技能、贸易历史、文化遗产以及凝聚社区认同的社会叙事，可以帮助制定更有效和可持续的再生战略。 为应对这些问题，该提案旨在建立一个由英国和中国学者组成的多学科研究网络，通过与欧洲和中国的文化组织、商业利益相关者和其他组成团体的接触，开展研究活动。调查的重点是为中国后工业化地区的可持续城市更新产生替代战略。在寻找新的增长动力的过程中，中国正在从扩张模式转向振兴城市地区的模式。随着西方经济从以制造业为基础向以服务业为导向的发展，中国的创意产业在刺激未来经济增长方面变得越来越重要。本建议关注中国的三个城市沈阳、大连和巫山，每个地区都有独特的历史、社会人口、经济特征和文化特征。通过各种创意经济活动提供不同的再生机会。研究合作伙伴已经确定了每个城市内目前指定用于潜在再生的后工业场所，为每个地点的研究调查提供了重点。该项目由英国利物浦约翰摩尔大学牵头，将与三个中国合作伙伴共同开展，其中包括：中国绘画研究院公共艺术中心、鲁迅美术学院和大连工业大学。来自这些机构的学者和创意产业从业者将参与一系列研究活动，在项目的每个阶段采用基于证据的研究方法，包括案例研究分析，民族志研究和参与式设计主导的研讨会。促进包容性和批判性分析对于平衡社会福利、商业企业和中心城市更新战略等可能相互竞争的议程非常重要。提供特定地点城市更新的空间概念、在线网络资源、工业手册和一系列传播活动，以及相关出版物，将提供一个有效的手段，告知利益相关者在未来的规划和投资战略，从而回答了研究资金呼吁概述的受众的核心需求。

Post-industrial sites in Chinese cities are being redeveloped as catalysts for the regeneration of urban areas. Examples such as Beijing's 798 Art Zone and 751 D-park are exemplars of this strategy, tuning into the creative cultures of these cities to provide platforms for creative enterprises to flourish. The success of these projects in driving the development of China's creative economy has led to a number of copy-cat redevelopment projects, creating a blueprint for the format of industrial zones and cultural parks in cities around the country. While many urban renewal projects are ambitious in seeking to foster economic growth, they often fail to respond to the different contexts of each location within the design and planning. So, although performing well commercially through providing retail and entertainment facilities, they perform poorly in providing other opportunities for developing local enterprise, or addressing social welfare needs. This is particularly pertinent for the development of local creative economies, where an understanding of local skills, trading histories, cultural heritage, and the social narratives that bind cohesive community identity, can help deliver more effective and sustainable regeneration strategies. In responding to these issues, this proposal aims to establish a multi-disciplinary research network of UK & Chinese academics to pursue research activities through engagement with cultural organisations, commercial stakeholders, and other constituent groups in both Europe and China. The investigation focuses on generating alternative strategies for sustainable urban renewal of China's post-industrial areas. In the search for new drivers of growth, China is moving from a model of expansion, to one of revitalising its urban areas. As western economies have expanded from manufacturing-based to service-orientated sectors, so the creative industries in China become increasing important in stimulating its future economic growth.This proposal focuses attention on the three Chinese cities of Shenyang, Dalian, and Wushan, Each of the areas offer particular histories, social demographics, economic characteristics, and cultural identities, that afford different opportunities for regeneration though a diversity of creative economy activities. Post-industrial sites within each city, currently earmarked for potential re-generation have been identified by the research partners, providing a focus for the research investigations in each location.Led by Liverpool John Moores University, UK, the project will run together with the three Chinese partners that include: The Public Art Centre of China National Academy of Paint (CNAP), Luxun Academy of Fine Arts (LAFA) and Dalian Polytechnic University (DPU). Academics and creative industry practitioners from these institutions will engage in a series of research activities, employing an evidence-based research methodology through each stage of the project, including case study analysis, ethnographic studies, and participatory design-led workshops. Promoting inclusion and critical analysis will be highly important in balancing potentially competing agendas such as social welfare, commercial enterprise, and centric urban renewal strategies.The delivery of spatial concepts for the urban renewal of the specified locations, an on-line web resource, industrial handbook, and series of dissemination events, plus associated publications, will provide an effective means of informing stakeholders in future planning and investment strategies, therefore answering the core needs of the audience as outlined by the research funding call.