Shanghai World Financial Center and Jin Mao Tower. The city's skyline is getting bigger. Overall, by 2015, China will have more tall skyscrapers than the U.S., which currently ranks as home to the largest skyscrapers in the world. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
China will have more skyscrapers than the U.S. by 2017, MotianCity, a research organization in China focusing on skyscrapers, said in a “Supercity” report released to the local press late last week.
China will have 802 buildings standing over 152 meters tall compared to 539 in the U.S., according to the report. In 10 years, the number of skyscrapers on the mainland will reach 1,318, compared to 563 in the U.S. Currently, the U.S. tops has the most skyscrapers in the world with 533. China has 470, not counting those in Hong Kong. China developers are currently building 332 new buildings, all over 152 meters tall, and there’s another 516 in the planning stages. In contrast, only six skyscrapers are under construction in the U.S. at present, with another 24 in the works, according to MotianCity.
Some new China skyscrapers include Shanghai Tower, standing at 121 floors and due to be completed by 2015. Ping An International Financial Center is one of the largest projects in the works as well, at 118 floors. The dual use office and hotel skyscraper is currently being built in Shenzhen and should be done by 2016.
Wu Chengtao, chief editor of motiancity.com, told Shanghai Daily that most of the growth is coming from expectations that China’s service economy will boom in the years ahead.
Courtesy of Forbes
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