China 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. As of 2023, China has more than 3,000 buildings above 150m (490feet), of which 106 are supertall (300m (1,000feet) and above).[1]
China is home to five of the world's ten tallest buildings.[2] 39 of the 76 completed buildings with a minimum height of 350m (1,150feet) worldwide are in China,[3] while 44 out of 51 such buildings under construction in the world are also located in the country.[4] China has also been a leader in construction technologies for skyscrapers, with 70 percent of the buildings over 300m (1,000feet) in the world being built by Chinese companies.[5]
The tallest building in China is currently the Shanghai Tower, located in the namesake city at a height of 632m (2,073feet); it is the third tallest building in the world.[6] [7] The previous two tallest buildings in mainland China have also been in Shanghai. Hong Kong is the Chinese city with the most skyscrapers,[8] while Shenzhen has the most number of supertalls.[9]
In June 2020, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) imposed a ban on the construction of super high-rise buildings taller than 500m (1,600feet), due to safety reasons and waste of resources.[10] In October 2021, the Chinese government announced restrictions on the construction of supertall buildings. 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".[11] [12] [13]
As 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 300m (1,000feet) tall, sorted by height. This list includes skyscrapers in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
This list does not include nonbuilding structures, such as the 604m (1,982feet) Canton Tower in Guangzhou, which despite being the second tallest structure in China, is actually an observation tower.
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.
This list ranks buildings under construction in China that plan to stand at least 300m (1,000feet) tall.
| Name | City | Height | Floors | Year (est.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500m (1,600feet) | 109 | 2026[14] | |||
| 499.8m (1,639.8feet) | 102 | 2026[15] | |||
| 498.9m (1,636.8feet) | 85 | 2027 | |||
| 498m (1,634feet) | 101 | 2025[16] | |||
| Chengdu | 488.9m (1,604feet) | 95 | 2028 | ||
| Rizhao | 485m (1,591feet) | 94 | 2028 | ||
| 480m (1,580feet) | 99 | 2026[17] [18] | |||
| 648m (2,126feet) | 121 | 2029 | |||
| 470m (1,540feet) | |||||
| 450m (1,480feet) | 98 | ||||
| 428m (1,404feet) | 88 | 2024 | |||
| 428m (1,404feet) | 94 | 2027[19] | |||
| 426m (1,398feet) | 88 | 2026 | |||
| Ningbo Central Plaza Tower 1 | Ningbo | 80 | 2024[20] | ||
| 404m (1,325feet) | 2028 | ||||
| 400m (1,300feet) | 82 | 2026 | |||
| 399.8m (1,311.7feet) | 83 | 2028 | |||
| 394m (1,293feet) | 78 | 2027 | |||
| 390m (1,280feet) | 86 | 2027 | |||
| 387.4m (1,271feet) | 77 | 2026 | |||
| 379.9m (1,246.4feet) | 83 | 2027 | |||
| Guangdong Business Center | Guangzhou | 375.5m (1,232feet) | 60 | 2024 | |
| 374m (1,227feet) | 59 | 2028 | |||
| Hengfeng Guiyang Center Tower 1 | 77 | 2023 | |||
| 370m (1,210feet) | 81 | 2027 | |||
| 370m (1,210feet) | 80 | 2027 | |||
| Xujiahui Center Tower 1 | Shanghai | 370m (1,210feet) | 67 | 2024 | |
| 370m (1,210feet) | 78 | 2025 | |||
| 369m (1,211feet) | 75 | 2026 | |||
| 369m (1,211feet) | 73 | ||||
| 369m (1,211feet) | 2025 | ||||
| Ping An Finance Center Tower 1 | Jinan | 64 | 2023 | ||
| 360m (1,180feet) | 86 | 2026 | |||
| Huiyun Center | Shenzhen | 80 | 2023 | ||
| 358m (1,175feet) | 65 | 2027 | |||
| Greenland Group Suzhou Center | Suzhou | 77 | 2023 | ||
| Galaxy World Tower 1 | Shenzhen | 71 | 2023 | ||
| Galaxy World Tower 2 | Shenzhen | 71 | 2023 | ||
| 356m (1,168feet) | 71 | 2026 | |||
| 356m (1,168feet) | |||||
| 355.7m (1,167feet) | 68 | 2027 | |||
| 350m (1,150feet) | 70 | 2024 | |||
| 350m (1,150feet) | 2026 | ||||
| 350m (1,150feet) | 2026 | ||||
| 350m (1,150feet) | |||||
| 348.9m (1,144.7feet) | 89 | 2026 | |||
| 348m (1,142feet) | 2025 | ||||
| Xiamen International Centre | Xiamen | 68 | 2025[21] | ||
| 339.9m (1,115.2feet) | 75 | 2026 | |||
| 339m (1,112feet) | 71 | 2025 | |||
| 338m (1,109feet) | 68 | ||||
| 333m (1,093feet) | 2027 | ||||
| Shenzhen Urban Construction & Tower | Shenzhen | 72 | 2024 | ||
| 330m (1,080feet) | 68 | 2025 | |||
| 330m (1,080feet) | 64 | 2025 | |||
| 330m (1,080feet) | 53 | 2025 | |||
| 330m (1,080feet) | 2026 | ||||
| Wuhan Yangtze River Shipping Tower 1 | Wuhan | 65 | 2023 | ||
| 330m (1,080feet) | 71 | ||||
| Qingdao Landmark Tower | Qingdao | 74 | 2024 | ||
| Huaqiang Golden Corridor City Plaza Main Tower | Shenyang | 327m (1,073feet) | 66 | 2023 | |
| 326m (1,070feet) | 72 | 2024 | |||
| 326m (1,070feet) | 80 | 2026 | |||
| 326m (1,070feet) | 64 | 2026 | |||
| Junchao Plaza | Guangzhou | 67 | 2024 | ||
| 320m (1,050feet) | 63 | 2027 | |||
| 320m (1,050feet) | 61 | ||||
| Science Gate Tower 1 | Shanghai | 60 | 2024 | ||
| Science Gate Tower 2 | Shanghai | 60 | 2024 | ||
| 320m (1,050feet) | |||||
| 320m (1,050feet) | 2027 | ||||
| 320m (1,050feet) | 2026 | ||||
| 320m (1,050feet) | 2028 | ||||
| Zhuhai | 318.5m (1,044.9feet) | 64 | 2026 | ||
| Huzhou | 318m (1,043feet) | 66 | 2026 | ||
| Shaoxing | 318m (1,043feet) | 71 | |||
| Foshan | 318m (1,043feet) | 60 | 2027 | ||
| Wenzhou | 318m (1,043feet) | 60 | 2026 | ||
| Jinan | 317m (1,040feet) | 62 | 2026 | ||
| Shenzhen | 312m (1,024feet) | 62 | 2026 | ||
| Hengyu Jinrong Center Block A | Shenzhen | 66 | 2024 | ||
| Greenland Hangzhou Center | Hangzhou | 67 | 2023 | ||
| 308.8m (1,013.1feet) | 67 | 2026 | |||
| 308m (1,010feet) | 80 | 2026 | |||
| 305m (1,001feet) | 65 | ||||
| Suzhou ICC | Suzhou | 68 | 2023 | ||
| Guangdong Landmark Building | Shenzhen | 62 | 2023 | ||
| 302.1m (991.1feet) | 72 | 2026 | |||
| Yangzhou Keyne Center | Yangzhou | 60 | 2023 | ||
| 300m (1,000feet) | 64 | 2027 | |||
| 300m (1,000feet) | 68 | ||||
| 300m (1,000feet) | 68 | ||||
| 300m (1,000feet) | 63 | 2025 | |||
| 300m (1,000feet) | |||||
| 300m (1,000feet) | |||||
| 300m (1,000feet) | 65 | 2026 | |||
| Greenland Bund Centre Tower 1 | Shanghai | 64 | 2023 |
This list ranks buildings on hold in China that plan to stand at least 300m (1,000feet) tall.
| Name | City | Height | Floors | Year (est.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 597m (1,959feet) | 117 | [22] | |||
| 518m (1,699feet) | 112 | 2025 | |||
| 518m (1,699feet) | 88 | 2030 | |||
| 499.2m (1,637.8feet) | 103 | 2027 | |||
| 475m (1,558feet) | 111 | 2025 | |||
| 468m (1,535feet) | 91 | 2025 | |||
| 468m (1,535feet) | 101 | ||||
| 453.5m (1,487.9feet) | 88 | ||||
| 450m (1,480feet) | 106 | 2027 | |||
| 428m (1,404feet) | |||||
| 419.8m (1,377.3feet) | 99 | 2025[23] | |||
| 407m (1,335feet) | 100 | 2026 | |||
| 393.9m (1,292.3feet) | 71 | 2024 | |||
| 384m (1,260feet) | 76 | 2027 | |||
| 380m (1,250feet) | 92 | ||||
| 379.9m (1,246.4feet) | 83 | ? | |||
| 373m (1,224feet) | 72 | 2026 | |||
| 369m (1,211feet) | |||||
| 366m (1,201feet) | 75 | 2025 | |||
| 102.9m (337.6feet) | 24 | ||||
| 350m (1,150feet) | 62 | 2025 | |||
| 350m (1,150feet) | 2027 | ||||
| 346m (1,135feet) | 72 | 2024 | |||
| 336m (1,102feet) | 71 | 2026 | |||
| 335.2m (1,099.7feet) | 64 | 2024 | |||
| 68 | 2024 | ||||
| 333.1m (1,092.8feet) | 73 | 2026[24] | |||
| 333m (1,093feet) | 66 | ||||
| 333m (1,093feet) | 72 | ||||
| 330m (1,080feet) | 74 | ||||
| 330m (1,080feet) | 74 | ||||
| 328m (1,076feet) | 80 | ||||
| 322m (1,056feet) | 62 | 2025 | |||
| 320m (1,050feet) | 68 | ||||
| 318m (1,043feet) | 68 | ||||
| 317m (1,040feet) | 75 | ||||
| 314m (1,030feet) | 58 | ||||
| 309m (1,014feet) | 56 | ||||
| 306m (1,004feet) | 66 | 2026 | |||
| 303m (994feet) | 63 | 2023 | |||
| 303m (994feet) | 2025 | ||||
| 302m (991feet) | 62 | ||||
| Greenland Center North Tower | Yinchuan | 58 | |||
| Greenland Center South Tower | Yinchuan | 58 | |||
| 300m (1,000feet) | 64 | ||||
| 300m (1,000feet) | 53 | 2027 | |||
| 300m (1,000feet) | 63 |
This list ranks proposed buildings in China that plan to stand at least 300m (1,000feet) tall.
| Name | City | Height | Floors | Year (est.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1228m (4,029feet) | 300 | 2030 | |||
| 830m (2,720feet) | 175 | 2030 | |||
| 760m (2,490feet) | 169 | 2030 | |||
| 700m (2,300feet) | 148 | 2024 | |||
| 608m (1,995feet) | 130 | 2030 | |||
| 588m (1,929feet) | 119 | 2024 | |||
| 521m (1,709feet) | 109 | 2025 | |||
| 518m (1,699feet) | 135 | 2024 | |||
| 498m (1,634feet) | 108 | 2029 | |||
| 488m (1,601feet) | 103 | 2030 | |||
| 470m (1,540feet) | 101 | 2030 | |||
| 460m (1,510feet) | 100 | 2027 |
The following is a list of buildings that in the past held, or currently holds, the title of the tallest building in mainland China. This list includes high-rises and skyscrapers only, excluding pre-modern buildings such as the Liaodi Pagoda and TV or observation towers such as the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Canton Tower.[25]
| Name | Image | City | Height | Floors | Year(s) as tallest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Building | Shanghai | 45.75m (150.1feet) | 6 | 1916–1922 | ||
| Nanfang Building | Guangzhou | 50m (160feet) | 12 | 1922–1927 | ||
| Customs House | Shanghai | 79.2m (259.8feet) | 8 | 1927–1929 | ||
| Peace Hotel | Shanghai | 77m (253feet) | 13 | 1929–1934 | ||
| Broadway Mansions | Shanghai | 78m (256feet) | 19 | 1934–1934 | ||
| Park Hotel | Shanghai | 84m (276feet) | 24 | 1934–1968 | ||
| Guangzhou Hotel | Guangzhou | 86.51m (283.83feet) | 27 | 1968–1976 | ||
| Baiyun Hotel | Guangzhou | 93.5m (306.8feet) | 34 | 1976–1981 | ||
| Jinling Hotel | Nanjing | 110m (360feet) | 37 | 1981–1985 | ||
| Guomao Building | Shenzhen | 160m (530feet) | 50 | 1985–1990 | ||
| Jing Guang Center | Beijing | 208m (682feet) | 52 | 1990–1996 | ||
| King Tower | Shanghai | 212m (696feet) | 38 | 1996–1996 | ||
| Shun Hing Square | Shenzhen | 384m (1,260feet) | 69 | 1996–1996 | ||
| CITIC Plaza | Guangzhou | 390m (1,280feet) | 80 | 1996–1999 | ||
| Jin Mao Tower | Shanghai | 421m (1,381feet) | 88 | 1999–2008 | ||
| Shanghai World Financial Center | Shanghai | 492m (1,614feet) | 101 | 2008–2015 | ||
| Shanghai Tower | Shanghai | 632m (2,073feet) | 128 | 2015–present |
This list ranks Chinese cities that have at least 10 completed buildings taller than 150m (490feet).[26]
| City | Province | ≥400 m | ≥300 m | ≥200 m | ≥150 m | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | HK SAR | 2 | 6 | 97 | 554 | 554 | |
| 2 | Shenzhen | Guangdong | 2 | 20 | 161 | 405 | 405 | |
| 3 | Guangzhou | Guangdong | 2 | 11 | 58 | 191 | 191 | |
| 4 | Shanghai | Shanghai | 3 | 5 | 63 | 184 | 184 | |
| 5 | Wuhan | Hubei | 2 | 7 | 56 | 168 | 168 | |
| 6 | Chongqing | Chongqing | 0 | 5 | 58 | 145 | 145 | |
| 7 | Chengdu | Sichuan | 0 | 0 | 42 | 127 | 127 | |
| 8 | Shenyang | Liaoning | 0 | 4 | 30 | 98 | 98 | |
| 9 | Hangzhou | Zhejiang | 0 | 2 | 30 | 85 | 85 | |
| 10 | Nanning | Guangxi | 1 | 6 | 34 | 82 | 82 | |
| 11 | Tianjin | Tianjin | 1 | 4 | 33 | 76 | 76 | |
| 12 | Nanjing | Jiangsu | 1 | 7 | 34 | 73 | 73 | |
| 13 | Beijing | Beijing | 1 | 2 | 26 | 65 | 65 | |
| 14 | Changsha | Hunan | 1 | 5 | 37 | 65 | 65 | |
| 15 | Dalian | Liaoning | 0 | 2 | 30 | 59 | 59 | |
| 16 | Zhuhai | Guangdong | 0 | 3 | 19 | 56 | 56 | |
| 17 | Hefei | Anhui | 0 | 0 | 25 | 46 | 46 | |
| 18 | Suzhou | Jiangsu | 1 | 2 | 19 | 44 | 44 | |
| 19 | Qingdao | Shandong | 0 | 1 | 16 | 39 | 39 | |
| 20 | Jinan | Shandong | 0 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 38 | |
| 21 | Foshan | Guangdong | 0 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 36 | |
| 22 | Xiamen | Fujian | 0 | 0 | 15 | 36 | 36 | |
| 23 | Nanchang | Jiangxi | 0 | 2 | 20 | 35 | 35 | |
| 24 | Macau | Macau SAR | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 33 | |
| 25 | Guiyang | Guizhou | 1 | 3 | 22 | 30 | 30 | |
| 26 | Kunming | Yunnan | 0 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 30 | |
| 27 | Wuxi | Jiangsu | 0 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 30 | |
| 28 | Ningbo | Zhejiang | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 30 | |
| 29 | Xi'an | Shaanxi | 0 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 25 | |
| 30 | Liuzhou | Guangxi | 0 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 24 | |
| 31 | Taiyuan | Shanxi | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 21 | |
| 32 | Zhengzhou | Henan | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 20 | |
| 33 | Dongguan | Guangdong | 1 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 19 | |
| 34 | Lanzhou | Gansu | 0 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 19 | |
| 35 | Fuzhou | Fujian | 0 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 19 | |
| 36 | Haikou | Hainan | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 16 | |
| 37 | Shijiazhuang | Hebei | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |
| 38 | Changchun | Jilin | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |
| 39 | Zhanjiang | Guangdong | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
The following table lists the number of buildings 150m (490feet) and taller built in China between 2003 and 2015.[27]
| Year(s) | New buildings | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003–2004 | 133 | |
| 2005–2006 | 125 | |
| 2007–2008 | 126 | |
| 2009–2010 | 127 | |
| 2011–2012 | 105 | |
| 2013 | 83 | |
| 2014 | 149 | |
| 2015 | 138 | |
| Total | 1112 |
In recent years, China has been finishing more than 100 skyscrapers per year.[27] More than 1000 skyscrapers were constructed just within the period 2000–2015.
The following table lists the number of buildings that are 200m (700feet)[28] and taller built since 2016.
| Year | New buildings | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 84[29] | |
| 2017 | 77[30] | |
| 2018 | 88[31] [32] | |
| 2019 | 57[33] | |
| 2020 | 56[34] | |
| 2021 | 64[35] | |
| 2022 | N/D |