![]() ![]() Special features: World's tallest hotel (Ritz Carlton), world's highest swimming pool, tallest building in Hong Kong, 9th tallest in the world (2016).The Shanghai World Financial Center has an observation deck on the 100th floor at 474 meters (1,555 feet) for sightseeing and a Hyatt Regency luxury hotel. Special features: Fourth tallest building in China, eighth tallest in the world (2016).The Taipei 101 building in Taiwan would be at spot 3 (for its big spire) if it were included in this list. It is considered the fastest assembled skyscraper of the supertall variety in history. The new building stands out as one of two supertall towers in Tianhe in downtown Guangzhou. Special features: China's 3rd tallest building, 6th tallest building in the world (2016).There is a large twin tower luxury mall complex on the bottom, a world-class observation deck at 550 meters (1,804 feet) for sightseeing, and the world's second highest luxury hotel, after the Ritz Carlton on the ICC, on top. Though it is very tall, it was built comparatively inexpensively and quickly. 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. 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.
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