上世纪50年代初,作为新中国第一个“五年计划”期间重点工程之一的718厂,在北京大山子建立。及至2000年底,前身为718厂的北京七星华电科技集团,为配合当时的大山子地区规划改造,迁出了部分产业,并将闲置下来的厂房出租。于是,798厂艺术区诞生了。被闲置的798厂院规划有序,颇具“包豪斯(现代主义)”建筑风格,很快吸引了艺术家们的注意。“这个早年由德国人设计的工厂漂亮大方,而且租金便宜,每平米六毛钱,周边生活成本也很低。”大批艺术机构、艺术家们开始来798租用厂房,渐而汇集了画廓、设计室、艺术展示空间、艺术家工作室 In the early 1950s, the 718 plant, one of the key projects during the “Five-Year Plan” of New China, was established in Dashanzi, Beijing. By the end of 2000, Beijing Qixing Huadian Technology Group, formerly known as 718 Factory, had relocated some industries and rented unused factories in line with the current planning of the Dashanzi area. As a result, 798 Factory Art District was born. 798 factory was idle in the planning and orderly, quite “Bauhaus (Modernism) ” architectural style, quickly attracted the attention of artists. “This early German-designed factory is beautiful and generous, and the rent is cheap, six cents per square meter, the cost of living around the very low. ” A large number of art institutions, artists began to rent a factory 798, and gradually brought together the profile , Design studio, art exhibition space, artist studio