The area around Bopiliao has always been home to many hole-in-the-wall eateries and shops, so the government will not run similar types of businesses in the Bopiliao area, and has instead opted to focus on arts and culture, and adopted a special design theme to distinguish Bopiliao from the rest of the neighborhood, and so to spur development of the entire business district.
而剝皮寮附近已有許多小吃和商舖，政府就不做類似經營，改從藝術文化的角度切入，藉區隔化、差異化的設計，來帶動整體商圈的發展。