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The Tallest 15 Cities in China 492 M 484 M

The Tallest 15 Cities in China 492 M 484 M

Tall Buildings in Numbers The Tallest 15 Cities in 492 m 484 m

450 m 442 m 439 m With over 1.3 billion citizens and a rapidly urbanizing population, China is 342 m 314 m 17 developing tall buildings more than any other country globally. Currently it 291 m 277 m has 239 buildings 200 meters or more in height under construction. In this 9 247 m 9 study, we look at the tallest 15 cities in China, based on the number of 6 200m+ buildings in that city, analyzing each city’s share of both total country population and total number of tall buildings.  1 World International KK100 Tower International Financial Center Commerce Centre Finance Center Note: The focus on buildings over 200 meters in height is driven by the need to ensure accuracy of data, rather Shanghai Guangzhou than suggesting that this is the threshold for a tall building.

11,509,595 0.9% 00,000,000 00 buildings of pop. 5 buildings xxx% xxx% Key 10 buildings of total of total 2.0% number of city’s completed buildings of total xxx m 4.0% 200m+ in height and percentage of 3,245,191 country’s total of total city’s population and percentage of total 0.2% country population (TCP) 7,499,181 Dalian of pop. xxx m height of city’s tallest building Tianjin 13 0.6% silhouette of city’s tallest building 5 building of pop. 2,720,972 Qingdao 0.2% average height of city’s tallest ten 2.0% of pop. 4 buildings buildings of total 11 buildings 2.0% number of buildings 200m+ currently under of total construction (topped-out projects in red) Building Name 4.0% Nanjing City of total 6,000,000 1,501,859 9 buildings 0.1% 0.4% of pop. 4.0% of pop. 4 buildings 44 buildings of total 8,312,700 2.0% of total 18.0% 9,691,901 0.6% Wuxi of pop. 9,200,000 of total Shanghai 0.7% Suzhou Chongqing of pop. 3 building 0.7% 14,348,535 7,400,000 1.0% 5 buildings of pop. 13 buildings 0.5% of total 2.0% 1.0% of pop. of total of pop. 5.0% Changsha 3 buildings of total 2,451,319 1.0% 16 buildings 0.2% of total China Figures of pop. Guangzhou Hangzhou Population: 1,345,477,526 6.0% 27 buildings Total 200m+ buildings: 249 of total 8,524,826 Shenzhen Tallest building height: 492 m 0.6% 11.0% 1,255,377,722 200m+ average height: 240 m of pop. of total 7,008,831 200m+ buildings under construction: 239 200m+ buildings topped out: 45 0.5% 62 buildings of pop. 93.3% of pop. 25.0% Hong Kong 28 buildings of total 7,003,700 11.0% 0.5% of total Rest of China 337 m 331 m 330 m of pop.

283 m 282 m 12 258 m 248 m 9 239 m 241 m 243 m 216 m 29 229 m 221 m 232 m 205 m 212 m 208 m 7 7 193 m 189 m 239 m 6 11

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Tianjin Global Financial Center China World Tower Chongqing World Suzhou Runhua Zhe Jiang Fortune Financial Bank of China Dalian Futures Runhua International Changsha No.2 Telecom Trade Center Global Building Center - Tower 1 Mansion Square 1 & 2 Building Hinge Building Tianjin Wuhan Beijing Chongqing Suzhou Hangzhou Qingdao Dalian Wuxi Changsha Notes: 1. Data accurate as of August 2012. 2. Data souce: The Center, www.skyscrapercenter.com 3. Population data: U.N. (2010), http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic

46 | Tall Building in Numbers CTBUH Journal | 2012 Issue III Timeline of Chinese Skyscraper Completion Dots represent building type, completion year and height; bars represent total number of buildings completed. 492 m 484 m

450 m 442 m 439 m Office Hotel 342 m Residential Mixed-use 314 m 17 291 m 277 m 9 247 m 9 600 m Complete 200m+ Buildings in the Tallest 15 Cities in China 300 bldgs 6 (in order of cities with current most 200m+ buildings) 1990 2000 2010 2012 1 Hong Kong 3 17 61 62 End of 2012 Projected Completion 2 Shanghai 0 11 39 44 1 550 m 3 Shenzhen 0 5 24 27 1 3 12 16 Shanghai World International Zifeng Tower KK100 Tower Guangzhou International 4 Guangzhou 2010: International Commerce Financial Center Commerce Centre Finance Center 0 0 12 13 5 Chongqing Centre, Hong Kong Shanghai Hong Kong Nanjing Shenzhen Guangzhou 6 Nanjing 0 1 6 11 7 Dalian 0 4 8 10 2008: Shanghai World Financial 500 m 8 Wuhan 0 3 8 9 1999: Jin Mao Building, Center, Shanghaig 225 bldgs 9 Beijing 0 1 4 5 Shanghai 10 Suzhou 1 0 5 5 11,509,595 11 Tianjin 0 1 4 5 12 Qingdao 0 2 2 4 2003: Two International 13 Wuxi 0 0 4 4 Finance CentCentrere, Hong Kong 450 m 14 Hangzhou 0 0 2 3 0.9% 15 Changsha 0 2 3 3 00,000,000 00 buildings 5 buildings of pop. Rest of China 0 5 21 28 xxx% xxx% Key 10 buildings China Total 5 55 215 249 2011: KKKK100100 TTower, of total of total 2.0% 1996: CITIC Plaza, Shenzhen number of city’s completed buildings of total 400 m Note: Cities in were considered, but currently no cities Guangzhou 150 bldgs xxx m 4.0% in Taiwan contain more than two 200m+ buildings. 200m+ in height and percentage of Beijing 3,245,191 country’s total of total city’s population and percentage of total 0.2% 1998: , of pop. country population (TCP) 7,499,181 Dalian Hong Kong 2006: Shimao International Plaza, xxx m 350 m 1990: Bank of China Shanghai 1992: Central Plaza, height of city’s tallest building Tianjin Tower, Hong Kong 13 0.6% Hong Kong silhouette of city’s tallest building 5 building of pop. 2,720,972 Qingdao 2001: , 0.2% 300 m Shanghai 2003:003: TToommorrorrooww Square, 75 bldgs average height of city’s tallest ten 2.0% of pop. 4 buildings Shanghaihangh buildings of total 11 buildings 2.0% 1997: Jiali Plaza, number of buildings 200m+ currently under of total Wuhan construction (topped-out projects in red) Building Name 4.0% Nanjing 250 m City of total 1993: Tregunter 6,000,000 1,501,859 Tower III, Hong Kong 9 buildings 0.1% 0.4% of pop. 4.0% of pop. 4 buildings 44 buildings 200 m 0 bldgs of total 8,312,700 2.0% 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 of total 18.0% Note: We can predict 2012 building completions with some accuracy due to projects now in advanced construction. 9,691,901 Wuhan 0.6% Wuxi of pop. 9,200,000 of total Shanghai 0.7% Suzhou Future Tallest Ten: 2015 Tallest: 660 meters Average: 517 meters Chongqing of pop. 3 building 0.7% 14,348,535 7,400,000 1.0% 5 buildings of pop. 13 buildings 0.5% of total 2.0% 1.0% of pop. of total of pop. 5.0% Changsha 3 buildings of total 2,451,319 1.0% 16 buildings 0.2% of total China Figures of pop. Guangzhou Hangzhou Population: 1,345,477,526 6.0% 27 buildings Total 200m+ buildings: 249 of total 8,524,826 Shenzhen Tallest building height: 492 m 0.6% 11.0% 1,255,377,722 200m+ average height: 240 m of pop. of total 7,008,831 200m+ buildings under construction: 239 200m+ buildings topped out: 45 0.5% 62 buildings of pop. 93.3% of pop. 25.0% Hong Kong 28 buildings of total 7,003,700 11.0% of total Rest of China Pingan Finance Center 101 Shanghai World International Tianjin R&F Zifeng Tower KK100 Tower Guangzhou IFC 0.5% 660 m / 2,165 ft 632 m / 2,073 ft 598 m / 1,957 ft 508 m / 1,667 ft Financial Center Commerce Center Tower 450 m / 1,476 ft 442 m / 1,449 ft 439 / 1,439 337 m 331 m 330 m of pop. Shenzhen, 2015 Shanghai, 2014 Tianjin, 2015 Taipei, 2004 492 m / 1,614 ft 484 m / 1,588 ft 468 m / 1,535 ft Nanjing, 2010 Shenzhen, 2011 Guangzhou, 2010 Shanghai, 2008 Hong Kong, 2010 Tianjin, 2015 283 m 282 m 12 258 m 248 m 9 239 m 241 m 243 m 216 m 29 229 m 221 m 232 m 205 m 212 m 208 m 7 7 193 m 189 m 239 m 6 11 China completed 23 34 cities in China have 9 of the tallest 20 buildings Hong 3 200-meter buildings in buildings with a height in the world currently 2 Kong 1 2011, more than any of 200 meters or greater. under construction are Tianjin Global Financial Center Minsheng Bank Building China World Tower Chongqing World Suzhou Runhua Zhe Jiang Fortune Financial Bank of China Dalian Futures Runhua International Changsha No.2 Telecom Trade Center Global Building Center - Tower 1 Mansion Square 1 & 2 Building Hinge Building other country. 14 of these Hong Kong has the located in China – 3 times Tianjin Wuhan Beijing Chongqing Suzhou Hangzhou Qingdao Dalian Wuxi Changsha were completed in cities most, with 62 buildings. more than any other included in this study. country.

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