It won't stay at this spot for long though because Goldin Finance 117 in Tianjin that might open in 2017 or 2018 is 597 meters tall.The new Ping An Tower is a 21st century engineering marvel. Special features: Second tallest building in China, 4th tallest in the world (2016).It is a showcase of 21st century engineering with a spiraling cylindrical shape to help the building weather typhoons. The Shanghai Tower towers 140 meters (459 feet) above the adjacent Shanghai World Financial Center. Shanghai Tower is the second tallest building in the world after the Burj Kalifa. Special features: tallest in China, world's 2nd tallest building (2016).All are in the Yangtze Delta (Shanghai, Nanjing) and Pearl River Delta (HK, Shenzhen, Guangzhou) areas, mostly built in the last six years. This list only includes 'buildings', not 'towers', notably the Canton Tower (600 m) and Oriental Pearl Tower (468 m). These skyscrapers are modern tourist hotspots with malls, amazing views, hotels, and fine restaurants. Almost suddenly, in early 2016, China has nine of the world's twenty supertall buildings, all above 400m, more than any other country.

Of the 106 buildings in this list, 21 are in Shenzhen, 13 are in Guangzhou, 9 are in Shanghai, 7 are in Hong Kong and 2 are in Beijing.The Shanghai Tower and Financial Center are prominent on the Shanghai skyline.Ībout fifteen years ago, China was a land of 10-to-30-story buildings filling up the downtown areas of the big cities. This list does not include nonbuilding structures, such as the 604 m (1,982 ft) Canton Tower in Guangzhou, which despite being the second tallest structure in China, is actually an observation tower. This list includes skyscrapers in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau. Tallest buildings Īs it is impractical to list all of its skyscrapers, the table below is an incomplete list of skyscrapers in China, ranking buildings that stand at least 300 metres (980 ft) tall, sorted by height.

The country's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) said the action is driven by concerns on 'issues such as costs, energy consumption, safety, and environmental impact'. In October 2021, the Chinese government announced restrictions on the construction of supertall buildings. In June 2020, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) imposed a ban on the construction of super high-rise buildings taller than 500 m (1,600 ft), due to safety reasons and waste of resources. Hong Kong is the Chinese city with the most skyscrapers, while Shenzhen has the most number of supertalls. The previous two tallest buildings in mainland China have also been in Shanghai. The tallest building in China is currently the Shanghai Tower, located in the namesake city at a height of 632 m (2,073 ft) it is the third tallest building in the world. China has also been a leader in construction technologies for skyscrapers, with 70 percent of the buildings over 300 m (980 ft) in the world being built by Chinese companies. 39 of the 76 completed buildings with a minimum height of 350 m (1,150 ft) worldwide are in China, while 44 out of 51 such buildings under construction in the world are also located in the country. Ĭhina is home to five of the world's ten tallest buildings. As of 2023, China has more than 3,000 buildings above 150 m (490 ft), of which 106 are supertall (300 m (980 ft) and above). Shanghai skyline, which features a supertall cluster and the megatall Shanghai Tower Shenzhen skyline, with the Ping An International Finance CentreĬhina has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world, surpassing that of the top eleven largest, the United States (870+), United Arab Emirates (310+), South Korea (270+), Japan (270+), Malaysia (260+), Australia (140+), Indonesia (130+), Canada (130+), Philippines (120+) and Thailand (120+) combined. For the tallest structures in general, see List of tallest structures in China. This article is about the tallest skyscrapers in China.

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