In recent years, a skyscraper construction boom has been seen in lots of Chinese cities, no matter First-tier cities or second-tier cities.
During 2015, there are 106 skyscrapers rise to at least 200 meters built worldwide, among them 62 are located in China, which is ranked first in the world in this respect, followed by Indonesia with only 9 skyscrapers built, we have to recognize that China is doing a good job in this respect.
In terms of construction of supertalls, China is also far ahead of other regions of the world.
5 of 10 tallest skyscrapers in the world are from Mainland China.
Quite a few cities in China have at least one skyscraper that rise to more than 300 meters, which is called supertalls. In the past, a building with such height can only be found in Shanghai or Guangzhou, Jin Mao Tower’s 88-story was regarded as a unattainable height. Nevertheless, skyscrapers are rising in many other cities including many second-tier cities upon people unaware.
Some of these cities even possess more than 3 supertalls, and the other cities are joining to their ranks with a large amount of supertalls under construction.
The cities listed below are all of Mainland China.
NOTE: Because of the development of these cities, things are subject to change, the content below will get updated time to time, updates occur on an irregular basis, usually in response to the new proposals and the changes to the status of buildings.
The last updating was done by May 1st,2016, please note the content below is all based on that time.
Each City listed below has at least one supertall built:
| Southern Cities: | Shenzhen | Guangzhou | Zhuhai | Nanning | Liuzhou | Xiamen | Wenzhou |
| Eastern Cities: | Shanghai | Nanjing | Suzhou | Zhenjiang | Wuxi | Changzhou | Huaian |
| Middle Cities: | Changsha | Chongqing | Wuhan | Guiyang | Kunming | Nanchang | |
| Northern Cities: | Shenyang | Dalian | Beijing | Tianjin | Jinan | Zhengzhou | Yantai |
Cities listed below have only proposals for supertalls but no one of which have yet been built:
Chengdu Haikou Linyi Urumqi Yinchuan Yichang Harbin Fuzhou Ningbo Qingdao Xian Hangzhou Luoyang Foshan Zhongshan Changchun Jiujiang Hefei Yangzhou Wenling Dongguan
Proposals not always come true, a relatively notable case is Chicago Spire, which had been designed, approved, and even started construct, but the construction didn’t last long, soon the project went suspended and end up being cancelled, only thing left to the site is a hole. As for projects in China, the Sky City in Changsha is a persuasive example similar with Chicago Spire but more ridiculous.
For this reason the rank of the cities below are based on the number of each city’s supertalls in which proposed ones are not counted and just a reference. Sightseeing Towers are also counted, if some cities has same number of supertalls built, then proposed supertalls will be take into consideration to determine the rank.(the amounts of proposed supertall may not be correct.)
1. Guangzhou: Currently 11 supertalls situated in the city, including 1 sightseeing tower, with 8 supertalls being built and proposed, Tallest supertall is 597 meters Canton Tower.
2. Shenzhen: Currently 8 supertalls situated in the city, with at least 20 supertalls being built and proposed. Tallest building is 599 meters Ping An Financial Center.
3. Shanghai: Currently 6 supertalls situated in the city, including 1 sightseeing tower, with 3 supertalls proposed. Tallest building is 632 meters Shanghai Tower.
4. Tianjin: Currently 4 supertalls situated in the city, including 1 sightseeing tower, with 11 supertalls proposed and being built. Tallest building is 597 meters Goldin 117 Tower.
5. Wuhan: Currently 3 supertalls situated in the city, with 15 supertalls proposed and being built, the tallest building is the 438 meters Wuhan Center currently, future tallest building will be the 636 meters Greenland Center.
6. Nanning: Currently 3 supertalls situated in the city, with 14 supertalls proposed and being built.
7. Nanjing: Currently 3 supertalls situated in the city, with 8 supertalls proposed and being built, the tallest building is the 450 meters Zi Feng Tower.
8. Wuxi: Currently 3 supertalls situated in the city, with 3 supertalls proposed and being built.
9. Xiamen: Currently 3 supertalls situated in the city, with 1 supertalls proposed.
10. Beijing: Currently 3 supertalls situated in the city, including 1 sightseeing tower, with 5 supertalls proposed and being built, Tallest building is 330 meters and will soon be replaced by China Zun Tower in several months.
11. Shenyang: Currently 3 supertalls situated in the city, including 1 sightseeing tower, with 14 supertalls proposed and being built, many of them may have been cancelled though,Tallest building is 351 meters Forum 66.
The following cities each has at least 2 supertalls,some of them have considerable potential with lots of supertalls under construction or planned, may catch up with the cities listed above sooner or later.
Changsha: Currently 2 supertalls situated in the city, with 10 supertalls proposed and being built.
Chongqing: Currently 2 supertalls situated in the city, with 9 supertalls proposed and being built.
Kunming: Currently 2 supertalls situated in the city, with 8 supertalls proposed and being built.
Guiyang: Currently 2 supertalls situated in the city, with 7 supertalls proposed and being built, the tallest building is the
Suzhou: Currently 2 supertalls situated in the city, with 5 supertalls proposed and being built, the tallest building is the 452 meters Jiulongchang Center, the future tallest building will be the 729 meters Zhong Nan Center, which will be the tallest of China as well if the project continue and completeted.
Dalian: Currently 2 supertalls situated in the city,with 4 supertalls proposed and being built, the tallest building is the 383 meters Eton Place Dalian Tower 1.
Nanchang: Currently 2 supertalls situated in the city,no new supertalls proposed and being built yet.