About

Member Since: 2009

Member Offices: Beijing

Website: http://www.cabr.com.cn/

Founded in 1953, China Academy of Building Research (CABR) is the largest and most diverse research institution in building industry in China.

As the largest comprehensive research and development institute in the building industry in China, CABR carries out its mission in catering to the needs of building and construction industries nationwide, putting forward solutions for the key technical problems met in engineering based on applied research and development, providing technical development and consulting services, and undertaking building design and construction activities.

It carries out common, basic and public technical researches required in this industry. CABR is responsible for the development and management of the major engineering construction and product standards of China.

Fields of Expertise

Research Institute

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

Rank
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height

1

Shanghai Tower

632 m / 2,073 ft

2

Ping An Finance Center

599.1 m / 1,965 ft

3

CITIC Tower

527.7 m / 1,731 ft

4

Dalian International Trade Center

370.2 m / 1,214 ft

5

Shanghai SK Group Tower

275 m / 902 ft

6

Anhui New Broadcasting & TV Center

245 m / 804 ft

7

Z14 Plot Tower 2

238 m / 781 ft

8

Dawangjing 618 Tower 1

227 m / 745 ft

9

Dawangjing 626 Tower 1

220 m / 722 ft

10

Dawangjing 626 Tower 2

216 m / 709 ft

Awards

Ctbuh Leaders

Ziguo Xu

Ziguo Xu

CTBUH Expert Chinese Translation Committee, 2014 – Present

Beijing

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

Rank
Name
City
Height

1

Suzhou Zhongnan Center

Suzhou

729 m

2,392 ft

2

Ping An Finance Center

Shenzhen

660 m

2,165 ft

3

Shanghai Tower

Shanghai

632 m

2,073 ft

4

Ping An Finance Center

Shenzhen

599 m

1,965 ft

5

Global Financial Center Tower 1

Shenyang

568 m

1,864 ft

6

CITIC Tower

Beijing

528 m

1,731 ft

7

Dalian International Trade Center

Dalian

370 m

1,214 ft

8

Global Financial Center Tower 1

Shenyang

366 m

1,201 ft

9

Xiamen Cross Strait Financial Centre

Xiamen

344 m

1,128 ft

10

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower A

Chengdu

333 m

1,093 ft

11

Shanghai SK Group Tower

Shanghai

275 m

902 ft

12

Anhui New Broadcasting & TV Center

Hefei

245 m

804 ft

13

Z14 Plot Tower 2

Beijing

238 m

781 ft

14

Dawangjing 618 Tower 1

Beijing

227 m

745 ft

15

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tower B

Chengdu

224 m

733 ft

16

Dawangjing 626 Tower 1

Beijing

220 m

722 ft

17

Dawangjing 626 Tower 2

Beijing

216 m

709 ft

18

New City International

Hefei

210 m

689 ft

19

Leeza SOHO

Beijing

207 m

679 ft

20

Wangjing SOHO T3

Beijing

200 m

656 ft

21

Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 3

Beijing

200 m

656 ft

22

China Overseas Center (Wuhan)

Wuhan

194 m

637 ft

23

COFCO Tianjin Joy City Office Tower

Tianjin

186 m

609 ft

24

Dawangjing 618 Tower 3

Beijing

170 m

557 ft

25

Dawangjing 618 Tower 2

Beijing

154 m

504 ft

26

Sinopec Free Trade Building

Haikou

150 m

492 ft

27

Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Hotel

Beijing

150 m

492 ft

27

Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 1

Beijing

150 m

492 ft

29

Bailang Bridge Ferris Wheel

Weifang

140 m

459 ft

30

Wangjing SOHO T2

Beijing

127 m

417 ft

31

Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 1

Chengdu

123 m

404 ft

31

Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 2

Chengdu

123 m

404 ft

33

Beijing Capital Land Lize Financial Center Tower 2

Beijing

120 m

394 ft

34

Raffles City Chengdu Hotel Block

Chengdu

119 m

389 ft

35

Wangjing SOHO T1

Beijing

118 m

387 ft

36

Raffles City Chengdu Office Block 3

Chengdu

112 m

369 ft

36

Raffles City Chengdu Serviced Apartment Block

Chengdu

112 m

369 ft

38

Shanghai New Hualian Mansion

Shanghai

109 m

358 ft

39

Shenye TaiRan Building

Shenzhen

106 m

348 ft

40

Shenzhen Kerry Hotel Jen

Shenzhen

96 m

315 ft

41

Asia Financial Center & AIIB Headquarters

Beijing

82 m

269 ft

42

Linked Hybrid T2

Beijing

66 m

217 ft

42

Linked Hybrid T3

Beijing

66 m

217 ft

42

Linked Hybrid T5

Beijing

66 m

217 ft

42

Linked Hybrid T6

Beijing

66 m

217 ft

42

Linked Hybrid T9

Beijing

66 m

217 ft

47

Jingdong Southwest Regional Hedquarters

Chengdu

60 m

197 ft

48

Linked Hybrid T8

Beijing

60 m

197 ft

49

Linked Hybrid T7

Beijing

45 m

146 ft

50

China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group Headquarters

Shanghai

- m

- ft

CTBUH Initiatives Involving China Academy of Building Research

Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm

02 July 2020

This symposium gathered many successful practitioners sharing their experiences and discussing the recreation of the urban realm in the sky through connections between buildings at height.

Ping An Finance Center Now Fourth Tallest Building in the World

27 March 2017

CTBUH has certified the completion of Ping An Finance Center. At 599 meters it is the tallest building in Shenzhen, second tallest in China, and fourth tallest worldwide.

Composite Megacolumns Report Now Available

12 January 2017

The summary of the research project on composite megacolumns, sponsorsed by ArcelorMittal, and is now available on the CTBUH Shop.

Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings

13 October 2016

The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings.

Interesting Results from Second Round of Megacolumn Tests

27–29 July 2015

CTBUH research division members attended the second round of tests in Beijing related to the Megacolumn Research project, sponsored by ArcelorMittal.

First Composite Megacolumns Test a Big Success

05 February 2015

The large research team working on the composite megacolumns research project gathered in Beijing to start the test campaign on the first megacolumn samples.