List of tallest buildings in Shenzhen

Shenzhen, a major city and Special Economic Zone in Guangdong, China, is home to >502 completed skyscrapers, making it the 1th largest concentration in the world.[1] The tallest building in Shenzhen is the 599 m (1,965 ft) Ping An Finance Centre,[2] upon its opening in 2017. It is also currently the fourth tallest in the world. The second and tallest fully completed building in the city is the 442 m (1,450 ft) Kingkey Finance Tower.[3] The third tallest building is Shun Hing Square (otherwise known as the Diwang Building, 地王大厦), which stands 384 metres (1,260 ft) with 69 stories.[4] It was the tallest all-steel building in China at its completion in 1996. Shenzhen's high-rise building boom shows no signs of slowing down,[5] with numerous proposals for skyscrapers taller than 150 m (492 ft).

The Shenzhen CBD in Futian with Ping An Finance Center

The Luohu District skyline with KK100 and Shun Hing Square in the center

Skyscraper construction started in Shenzhen in 1978, at a time when the tallest building in the city was five stories tall.[6] In the next decade, 300 high-rises were erected in the city,[6] including the Guomao Building. It was the city's first skyscraper and was the tallest building in mainland China upon its opening in 1985.[7] As Shenzhen's highrise construction boom progressed into the 1990s, the skyscrapers erected in the city became taller. In the decade spanning from 1996 to 2006, 18 buildings taller than 200 m (656 ft) were completed. The tallest of these is the Diwang Building (Shun Hing Square), the city's first building to exceed 300 m (984 ft) in height.[4] Most of Shenzhen's skyscrapers are concentrated in the Luohu, Futian and Nanshan districts.[8][9] Shenzhen's skyscraper boom is attributed to its status as one of the fastest growing cities in the world.[5]