As a crucial birthplace of China's modern industry and a significant hub for New China's industrial development, Beijing is home to numerous century-old industrial relics such as Shougang, 798/751 Art District, and Beibingyang. In recent years, Beijing's high-tech sector has advanced rapidly, giving rise to a number of cutting-edge industrial bases. Consequently, Beijing is rightly considered a veritable "high ground" for industrial tourism. Currently, Beijing boasts 11 national-level and 7 municipal-level industrial heritage sites, alongside 3 national-level and 30 municipal-level industrial tourism demonstration sites, offering exceptionally rich industrial tourism resources. So, how should enthusiasts of industrial tourism plan their visit to Beijing? Recently, a journalist conducted on-site visits to eight of the most representative industrial tourism destinations in Beijing. Follow the journalist's footsteps to check in at these eight popular industrial tourism spots.
798 Art District: A Captivating Blend of Culture, Commerce, Tourism, and Education The 798 Art District, located in the Dashanzi area of Jiuxianqiao Street, Chaoyang District, has long been an artistic landmark for Beijing, attracting tens of millions of domestic and international tourists annually. Its newly launched cultural tourism and research routes are particularly eye-catching. In 2025, leveraging its resources and popularity, the 798 Art District introduced these routes based on the concept of "Art + Technology + Education." These routes cover specialized tourism, primary and secondary school practical activities, and vocational training, focusing on six major themes including aesthetic education exploration, cross-disciplinary art and technology, and intangible cultural heritage preservation. With intelligent companions, guided tours, and hands-on experiences, the substantial content ensures participants are fully engaged. Since their launch, these routes have attracted numerous groups from home and abroad, becoming a new hotspot within the 798 Art District. The area is brimming with artistic atmosphere, perfect for exploring various exhibitions. It hosts over 600 renowned domestic and international art and design institutions spanning diverse fields like art, technology, film, and cultural creativity. The galleries, exhibition halls, and art centers housed within repurposed factory buildings are particularly worth visiting, allowing guests to wander and view art simultaneously. Dining and shopping are also integral to the experience. Catering to diverse consumer needs, the district has developed a multi-faceted ecosystem integrating dining, accommodation, shopping, and entertainment. It features literary cafes, theme restaurants, designer collective stores, as well as 798's own coffee brands and文创 products, offering one-stop solutions for leisure consumption and providing a unique perspective on the district's artistic charm.
Tips: 1. The cultural tourism and research routes are paid programs and require advance booking. 2. For operating hours of galleries, exhibition halls, and art centers, check the 798 Art District mini-program. Most venues are closed on Mondays, so plan your visit accordingly.
Shougang Park: Getting Up Close with Robotics The century-old industrial architectural complex of Shougang, located in Shijingshan District, has been transformed into an industrial heritage site, leisure park, and Olympic-related venues. Within the approximately 8.63 square kilometer Shougang Park, highlights include the Jiulongtou Xiuchi fountain, the 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee office area and exhibition center, the Shougang Big Air ski jump on the west bank of Qunming Lake, and the nearly 10-kilometer-long Shougang Skywalk. These attractions draw large numbers of visitors annually. As the saying goes, "Plant a phoenix tree and attract the phoenix." On March 29, 2025, Beijing's first "Humanoid Robot Data Training Center" officially opened in the Shougang Park Sci-Fi Industry Cluster. Follow along to explore the "educational journey" of robots here. The center is equipped with 108 entities including embodied dual-arm lifting robots, wheeled humanoid robots, single-arm UAVs, and single-arm quadruped bionic robots for real-machine data collection and model training, with Realman Intelligent participating deeply as a core equipment and technology provider. The center is divided into training and scenario zones. In the training zone, robot trainers decompose each action, teaching the robots step-by-step and collecting data. After "graduating" from the training zone, robots advance to the scenario zone. This zone features ten real-world scenarios such as home health care, specialized operations, and new retail. Here, robots demonstrate their general capabilities evolving from simple tasks like folding clothes and clearing plates to complex hotel scenarios involving comprehensive household chores like folding towels, showing visitors how these capabilities are applied in real situations.
Tips: 1. Access the park by private car or sightseeing bus; Public Bus 108 has stops within the park. 2. Humanoid Robot Project opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00-12:00 AM and 1:30-5:30 PM. 3. Admission to the Humanoid Robot Data Training Center is free but requires group reservations.
Beibingyang Yili Park: Experiencing Era Transition and Savoring Century-Old Flavors Yili, renowned as the "King of Bread," has leveraged its century-old cultural history to develop the Beibingyang Yili Park at No. 6, East Section of Beixing Road in the Economic Development Zone into a comprehensive thematic activity center focused on entertainment, hands-on experience, and education. Through tours, DIY activities, and team-building exercises, it attracts numerous students from primary schools to universities, corporate party-worker-union groups, and social organizations, receiving approximately 120,000 visitors annually. Upon entering the park, the first activity is "Observation": visitors learn about the development journey of the century-old Chinese brand and witness modern production lines. Next is "Creation": under staff guidance, visitors can personally make bread, biscuits, soft drinks, and wafer chocolates, enjoying the fun of DIY. The third is "Tour": the outdoor 2,000-square-meter Beibingyang Yili Theme Park is a must-visit. It recreates nostalgic scenes like the old Yili food factory street, the Beibingyang Shazikou warehouse, and a Yili retail store, transporting visitors back to the 1970s and 80s. Finally, "Dining": located adjacent to the theme park is Yili Western Restaurant, Beijing's first Western-style fast-food restaurant. After exploring, it's the perfect spot to rest and sample Yili's Western cuisine.
Tips: 1. Tour and DIY session times: Weekdays: 10:30, 11:30, 13:30, 14:30. Weekends/Holidays: 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30. 2. Driving route: From South 2nd, 3rd, or 4th Ring Road, take Jingkai Expressway outbound, head south to Xihongmen Exit, use the service road to Shuangxing Bridge, then east on Beixing Road for 1.2 km (or navigate to Beibingyang Yili Park). 3. The park accepts both groups and individuals; admission requires a ticket. Free admission for children under 2 (inclusive), seniors aged 60+ (with senior citizen card/ID), active military personnel (with officer card), and persons with disabilities (with valid certificate).
Beijing Longshuncheng Jingzuo Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum: An Immersive Experience of Beijing-Style Craftsmanship The Jinyu Longshuncheng Cultural and Creative Industry Park, situated near Yongdingmen, covers approximately 9,564.68 square meters. Its traditional Chinese architecture, including a four-pillar archway and a vertical flower gate, is immediately striking. The park integrates the Jingzuo Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, Luban Workshop, Cultural Relics Restoration Center, and文创 exhibition hall, becoming a new cultural landmark on the central south axis. As China's first specialized museum systematically researching and exhibiting Jingzuo intangible cultural heritage, the Longshuncheng Museum permanently displays over 310 pieces/sets of Ming and Qing hardwood furniture, antique components, drawings, and tools. It features thematic exhibitions like "The Culture of Beijing-Style Hardwood Furniture" and "Craftsmanship in Wood: Ancient Charm, New Chapter," equipped with smart guide systems for an immersive cultural experience. Inside the museum, each artifact showcases the history, achievements, and essence of Beijing-style hardwood furniture craftsmanship. Amidst the scent of wood, visitors can appreciate ancient hardwood furniture, learn about the 160-year heritage of Jingzuo techniques, and immerse themselves in this intangible cultural heritage. The Cultural Relics Restoration Center within the park is also highly recommended, where visitors can observe master artisans restoring ancient furniture. Discussing furniture inevitably involves Lu Ban; the park accordingly offers a "Luban Workshop" for visitors. This workshop is Longshuncheng's distinctive research brand, providing courses on mortise-and-tenon joinery and woodcraft experiences for primary/secondary students, families, and traditional culture enthusiasts, supported by the textbook "Seeing China Through Woodcraft." It has hosted over 100 events with more than 20,000 participants, recognized as a "Beijing Primary and Secondary School Social Classroom Resource Unit."
Tips: 1. Address: No. 64, Yongwai Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. 2. Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30-17:00; Closed Mondays; Holiday hours announced separately. 3. Reservations and tickets via the "北京龙顺成京作非遗博物馆" WeChat mini-program.
Tongrentang Zhima Health Zero Store: A Premier Destination for Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture Located in the Daxing Biomedical Industry Base, known as "China's Medicine Valley," the Tongrentang Zhima Health Zero Store is a new retail super-brand created by Tongrentang Health for its upgrade into the broader health industry. It spans four product and service categories—Appearance, Food, Nourishment, and Medicine—covering diverse shopping and leisure scenarios, and integrating online and offline consumption for a one-stop healthy lifestyle experience. It is also the global flagship store for the Zhima Health brand. The three-story store features distinct zones. The first floor focuses on dietary therapy, divided into five functional areas: Coffee Workshop, Tea Workshop, Bakery, Healthy Kitchen, and Health Retail, displaying nearly 1,000 SKUs from 12 upstream bases. Here, visitors can taste specialties like "Goji Berry Latte" and "Monk Fruit Americano," and purchase additive-free, preservative-free pastries sweetened with honey instead of sugar. The second floor is dedicated to precision anti-aging management. Based on TCM theory and utilizing modern medicine, it offers integrated anti-aging solutions using a holistic medical concept, combined with seasonal health dietary plans based on the 24 solar terms, providing substantial health guidance. The third floor houses the precision medicine section, featuring a dual-sided TCM dispensing counter capable of holding over 1,000 refined herbal pieces. Additionally, resident TCM experts, with profound knowledge and clinical experience, offer customized personal health regimens. Visitors can choose experiences based on their needs.
Tips: 1. Address: Building 3, Yard 39, Simiao Road, Daxing District, Beijing (Floors 1-3). 2. Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 9:00-18:00. 3. Entry is free; DIY experiences are charged based on specific services and product purchases.
Xiaomi Auto Factory: A Comprehensive Look at Advanced New Energy Vehicle Production The Xiaomi Auto Factory, located in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, was selected as a "2024 Beijing Industrial Tourism Demonstration Site." As a production and R&D base for new energy vehicles, the factory offers public access for technical exhibitions and production observation tours via online reservation. However, as many auto enthusiasts know, securing a booking for the Xiaomi Auto Factory tour online is highly competitive. Let's explore the Xiaomi Auto Factory together. Upon entering the technology exhibition hall, a Xiaomi SU7 suspended on an elevated track instantly conveys a sense of its power and speed. Inside, visitors can witness key Xiaomi Auto technologies firsthand—from platform architecture and integrated castings to the armored cage-style steel-aluminum body and the seamless human-vehicle-home ecosystem—experiencing the enhanced lifestyle brought by technology. After the exhibition, visitors can purchase factory-themed文创 souvenirs and sample special meals at the Xiaomi cafeteria. The tour then proceeds to the production workshop, where visitors observe from guided trams. The tour covers the factory's six core workshops: Casting, Stamping, Body, Painting, General Assembly, and Battery, alongside a 2.5-kilometer test track. Visitors will see that most operations are performed by robots, which often work accompanied by music, adding a warm ambiance to the vast workshop.
Tips: 1. Address: North Gate 2, Xiaomi Auto Factory, Majuqiao Town, Tongzhou District. 2. Opening hours: 9:00 - 17:00 (Monday to Friday). 3. Admission is free; visitors must register via the Xiaomi Auto App >> Discover >> Activities >> Visit Xiaomi Auto Factory. 4. Tour流程: Check-in for reserved visitors → Mobius Ring photo spot → In-depth讲解 at Tech & Auto Exhibition Halls → Workshop tour (partial workshops) → Free time (front area); subject to actual daily schedule.
Friendship Garden: A Courtyard-Style Leisure Space Inside the Second Ring Road On Jianguomenwai Avenue, the Friendship Store has transformed its rear area—including warehouses, staff canteens, and parking lots—over more than a year, quietly creating a diversified courtyard-style leisure space. The former staff canteen is now a trendy restaurant, the kitchen area has become a 1980s-style teahouse, the open-air parking lot is an 800-square-meter lawn, the official garage is a beer bar, and the gatehouse is a cafe... The 61-year-old rear area of Beijing Friendship Store has been reborn as "Friendship Garden," becoming one of the city's hottest打卡 spots. Today, let's tour this uniquely charming courtyard-style leisure space—Friendship Garden. Entering the Friendship Store and passing directly through the first floor leads to the already open Friendship Garden. The first sight is the 800-square-meter lawn, used for events and visitor relaxation, surrounded orderly by网红 restaurants, the old teahouse, a skateboard shop, cafes, and a handmade chocolate shop. The garden hosts numerous vendors and diverse elements from different eras, yet feels harmonious and richly layered, attracting many visitors with its blend of history and modernity. The garden also features three dedicated areas: bicycle parking, skateboarding, and pet reception, reflecting its thoughtful provision of cyclist-friendly, skateboard-friendly, and pet-friendly services. In the afternoon, visitors casually sit in outdoor seating areas around the lawn, enjoying specialty snacks, sipping coffee alone, or chatting with friends... savoring a leisurely half-day escape during their visit.
Tips: 1. Address: No. 17, Jianguomenwai Avenue, Jianwai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing. 2. Opening hours: Open all day, Monday to Sunday. 3. Admission to Friendship Garden is free; no reservation required.
Jingcai Porcelain Museum: Preserving the Royal Legacy of Ceramic Culture The Jingcai Porcelain Museum, located near Beijing's Second Ring Road auxiliary road, covers nearly 1,000 square meters. It houses a collection of fine historical pieces, renowned for their vibrant colors, exquisite patterns, and unique craftsmanship. Jingcai porcelain, commonly known as Beijing antique-style porcelain, inherits the techniques of the imperial workshops and the porcelain painting skills from the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong eras of the Qing Dynasty. It is Beijing's only experiential ceramic culture museum with a royal韵味. The museum systematically displays the history, craftsmanship, and artistic value of Jingcai porcelain through physical exhibits,图文 descriptions, and multimedia interactions. The collection includes Jingcai porcelain from the Qing Dynasty to the modern era, encompassing tableware, decorative items, and artworks. Entering through the main door, visitors are first greeted by exhibits displayed on antique shelves. Inside, they can also observe demonstrations of traditional techniques like throwing and painting. Through viewing, hands-on experience, and explanations, visitors gain a clearer understanding of Jingcai porcelain's history and culture. To allow experiential learning, the museum has a pottery-making area where visitors can create their own ceramic pieces and learn traditional skills like throwing and painting. Additionally, a文创 shop sells Jingcai-themed souvenirs, crafts, and daily items such as tea sets, accessories, and ornaments, catering to purchasing and collection interests.
Tips: 1. Address: 1st Floor, Jingong Hongyang Building, No. 25, Nanbinhe Road, Guang'anmenwai, Xicheng District. 2. Opening hours: Monday-Friday 8:30-17:00; Saturday-Sunday 9:00-17:00; Closed on statutory holidays. 3. Bus routes: Take buses 5, 49, 62, or 200 and get off at Chunshuguan Street stop. 4. Admission is free. Groups require reservations (capacity ~100). DIY activities are charged based on materials.
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