Beijing is planning to build China's first design exchange to offer a platform for design trading and boost the country's burgeoning creativity industry.

"China enjoys a tremendous market for both manufacturing and consumption, and sees a growing demand for the design industry and an increasing supply in this regard," Song Weizu, Vice Secretary General of the China Industrial Design Association, said on January 23.

In Beijing alone, there are about 1,000 state-owned design companies and 20,000 privately run ones. But there is no public platform in China for design suppliers and those in need to find each other.