Preface

Since the beginning of the 21st century, with the emergence of the“Third Industrial Revolution”boom in the academia and industries all over the world, developed countries technology transfer from to developing countries, which are developing into newly industrialized countries.

China is committed to building a modern economy, in which industrial upgrade and industrial innovation are two core issues. Driven by the creative industries and the creative economy, Design Industry develops rapidly and becomes one of the sunrise industries. Design industry promotes different kinds of arts to blend with culture and technology by applying science and technology to improve the traditional cultural expression and by applying culture and thoughts to reform traditional industries. Design industry has been closely linked with economic and social development, as an important factor in rapid economic growth. Therefore, the establishment of an effective, modern design industrial system is our top priority. This book has great value for the practice and exploration in strengthening the industrial economy, through the research on Design Industry, especially analyzing on industrial design, planning and design industries, industrial and architectural design, and fashion design industry, with some specific studies exploring the strategic innovation of this industry.

This book is based on careful discussions and investigations lasting more than 4 years. Due to the problems in this field, including fuzzy classification, measurement difficulties, lacking of statistical data and so on, this book runs into difficulties when researching the industrial innovations，the market environment, the developing trends and the international comparison. Therefore, this book tries to describe the main directions and features of this industry. Compared to other modern service industries, due to the pervasiveness of design services, the design industry covers a larger scope in industrial innovation and the fostering of new industries.