List of tallest buildings in the People's Republic of China
The following article provides a list of skyscrapers in the People's Republic of China by official height, based on the criteria of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat . The list includes all completed buildings with a structural height of 350 meters or more, as well as all buildings under construction (including construction stop) and in planning with a height of at least 400 meters. Another list includes the skyscrapers of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and most recently the tallest buildings of the PRC and Hong Kong of their time.
overview
Due to globalization and the associated economic rise of the People's Republic of China, there has been a lot of construction activity in many of the country's larger cities, especially since the beginning of the 21st century (not only for skyscrapers). The first skyscrapers that made it into the “top ten” tallest buildings in the world were built in the mid and late 1990s. For example the 421 meter high Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai , which was also the tallest building in the country from 1999 to 2008. With the construction of the Shanghai World Financial Center in 2008 and the Shanghai Tower in 2015, Shanghai was able to hold its title as the city with the tallest skyscraper in China. In the meantime, however, numerous other cities have followed suit with large-scale projects, although so far only a few buildings have been planned as higher structures. However, the construction of tall buildings is not evenly distributed across the metropolises in terms of numbers and height. Some cities are building many less high structures, while others only stand out with a handful of projects, but reach heights of 500 and more meters. In Shanghai, for example, after the Shanghai Tower, there are no more skyscrapers under construction or planning that exceed 400 meters.
The areas resulting from the heavy building activity are intended to create offices for national and international companies in the big cities, where there is often either only a little building area available or where it is very expensive. However, only a comparatively few skyscrapers are purely office buildings, as there is also a high demand for hotels and living space. Last but not least, many high-rise buildings are also used for tourism, for example by setting up viewing platforms or restaurants .
At the end of April 2020, a general limit of new projects was set at a height of 500 meters.
Tabular listing of the skyscrapers in the PRC
- E. = floors, BJ = year of construction (year of completion)
No. | Surname | city | height | E. | BJ | Remarks |
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1 | Shanghai Tower | Shanghai | 632 m | 128 | 2015 | Second tallest building in the world and tallest in the People's Republic of China; third tallest building in the world upon completion of the Suzhou Zhongnan Center |
2 | Pingan International Finance Center | Shenzhen | 599 m | 115 | 2017 | Second tallest building in the People's Republic of China |
3 | Chow Tai Fook Center | Guangzhou | 530 m | 116 | 2016 | Third tallest building in the People's Republic of China |
3 | Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center | Tianjin | 530 m | 97 | 2019 | Together with the Chow Tai Fook Center in Guangzhou the third tallest building in the People's Republic of China |
5 | Zhongguo Zun | Beijing | 528 m | 108 | 2019 | Tallest building in the capital Beijing. |
6th | Shanghai World Financial Center | Shanghai | 492 m | 101 | 2008 | When it was built, it was the second tallest building in the world and had the highest usable floor |
7th | Changsha IFS Tower T1 | Changsha | 452 m | 88 | 2018 | |
8th | Zifeng Tower | Nanjing | 450 m | 89 | 2010 | |
8th | Suzhou Supertower | Suzhou | 450 m | 98 | 2019 | |
10 | KK100 | Shenzhen | 441 m | 100 | 2011 | The 100 in the name stands for the number of floors |
11 | Wuhan Center | Wuhan | 438 m | 88 | 2019 | |
11 | Guangzhou International Finance Center | Guangzhou | 438 m | 103 | 2010 | |
13 | Jin Mao Tower | Shanghai | 421 m | 88 | 1998 | Was the tallest skyscraper in the country from 1998 to 2008 and is currently the third tallest building in Shanghai. The tower houses the highest swimming pool in Asia. |
14th | China Resources Headquarters | Shenzhen | 392 m | 68 | 2018 | |
15th | CITIC Plaza | Guangzhou | 390 m | 80 | 1996 | From 1996 to 1997 briefly tallest building in China; until 2009 tallest reinforced concrete building |
16 | Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1 | Shenzhen | 389 m | 80 | 2019 | |
17th | Shun Hing Square | Shenzhen | 384 m | 69 | 1996 | The building was briefly the tallest in the country in 1996. |
18th | Eton Place Dalian | Dalian | 383 m | 81 | 2016 | |
19th | Logan Century Center 1st | Nanning | 381 m | 82 | 2018 | |
20th | Dalian International Trade Center | Dalian | 370 m | 86 | 2019 | |
21st | Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A | Nanjing | 368 m | 77 | 2019 | |
22nd | The Pinnacle | Guangzhou | 360 m | 60 | 2012 | |
23 | Raffles City Chongqing T4N | Chongqing | 354 m | 79 | 2019 | |
23 | Raffles City Chongqing T3N | Chongqing | 354 m | 79 | 2019 | |
25th | Forum 66 | Shenyang | 350 m | 68 | 2015 | |
25th | Hanking Center Tower | Shenzhen | 350 m | 74 | 2018 |
Tallest buildings under construction and in planning
Tallest building under construction or construction freeze
This is a list of tallest buildings under construction or freeze above 400 meters.
- E. = floors, BJ = year of construction (year of completion)
Surname | city | height | E. | BJ | Remarks |
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Goldin Finance 117 | Tianjin | 597 m | 117 | 2021 | Final height reached |
Dalian Greenland Center | Dalian | 518 m | 88 | Construction is currently on hold | |
Evergrande International Financial Center T1 | Hefei | 518 m | 112 | 2021 | Construction is currently on hold |
Global Financial Center Tower | Shenyang | 500 m | Construction is currently on hold | ||
Suzhou Zhongnan Center | Suzhou | 499 m | 103 | Construction stopped | |
Xi'an Greenland Center | Xi'an | 498 m | 101 | 2024 | |
Wuhan Greenland Center | Wuhan | 476 m | 97 | 2021 | Construction stopped |
Chengdu Greenland Center | Cheng you | 468 m | 101 | 2021 | Construction stopped |
Chongqing Corporate Avenue 1 | Chongqing | 468 m | 99 | 2022 | |
Tianjin R&F Guangdong Tower | Tianjin | 468 m | 91 | Construction is currently on hold | |
Riverview Plaza A1 | Wuhan | 436 m | 73 | 2020 | Construction stopped |
Chongqing Tall Tower | Chongqing | 431 m | 101 | 2022 | Construction stopped |
Haikou Tower 1 | Haikou | 428 m | 94 | Construction is currently on hold | |
Shangdong IFC | Jinan | 428 m | 86 | 2022 | Construction stopped |
Ningbo Center Tower 1 | Ningbo | 409 m | 80 | 2022 | |
Dongfeng Plaza Landmark Tower | Kunming | 407 m | 100 | 2022 | |
China Resources Center Block A | Nanning | 403 m | 85 | 2019 | Final height reached |
Nanning China Resources Tower | Nanning | 403 m | 85 | 2020 | |
Guiyang International Financial Center T1 | Guiyang | 401 m | 79 | 2020 |
Tallest building in planning
This is a list of the tallest buildings that are in various phases of planning and are at least 400 meters high.
- E. = floors, BJ = year of construction (year of completion)
Tabular listing of the skyscrapers in Hong Kong
The following table lists all of the skyscrapers in the Hong Kong SAR. Although Hong Kong is one of the cities with the most high-rise buildings, there is currently hardly any construction activity there, in contrast to the rest of the People's Republic of China.
No. | Surname | height | Floors | Construction year | status | Remarks |
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1 | International Commerce Center | 484 m | 108 | 2010 | Existing | Tallest building in Hong Kong. The building houses the highest hotel suite in the world. |
2 | Two International Finance Center | 412 m | 86 | 2003 | Existing | Was Hong Kong's tallest structure from 2003 to 2010. |
3 | Central Plaza | 374 m | 78 | 1992 | Existing | Up until 1997 the tallest building made of reinforced concrete. Exceeded in 1997 by the CITIC Plaza in Guangzhou . |
4th | Bank of China Tower | 367 m | 73 | 1990 | Existing | |
5 | The Center | 346 m | 73 | 1998 | Existing | |
6th | Nina Towers | 319 m | 73 | 2006 | Existing |
Tallest building in the PRC and Hong Kong of their time
time | building | image | place | height | Floors | Remarks |
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1972-1980 | Jardine House | Hong Kong | 178.5 m | 52 | The first skyscraper in Hong Kong and one of the oldest skyscrapers in the city. | |
1980-1990 | Hopewell Center | Hong Kong | 222 m | 64 | ||
1990-1992 | Bank of China Tower | Hong Kong | 367.4 m | 72 | When completed, was the tallest building in the world outside the United States. | |
1992-1996 | Central Plaza | Hong Kong | 374 m | 78 | ||
1996 | Shun Hing Square | Shenzhen | 384 m | 69 | First building in China outside Hong Kong with a height of over 300 meters. | |
1996-1998 | CITIC Plaza | Guangzhou | 391 m | 80 | ||
1998-2008 | Jin Mao Tower | Shanghai | 420.5 m | 88 | ||
2008-2015 | Shanghai World Financial Center | Shanghai | 492 m | 101 | ||
2015 – today | Shanghai Tower | Shanghai | 632 m | 128 |
See also
- List of tallest structures in the world
- List of tallest skyscrapers in the world
- List of tallest buildings in Asia
- List of tallest buildings in Shanghai
- List of tallest buildings in Shenzhen
- List of tallest buildings in Guangzhou
- List of tallest buildings in Chongqing
Web links
- SkyscraperCity - High-rise images and skyscraper projects in China and worldwide
Individual evidence
- ^ The Global Tall Building Database of CTBUH: Skyscrapercenter, China
- ↑ China sets a limit for skyscrapers at 500 m Global Times (English)
- ^ CTBUH: Buildings in Hong Kong