CITIC Plaza China

The 390.6m building was completed in 1996 and was designed by Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers.China International Trust and Investment (CITIC) Plaza is an 80 storey, 391 m (1,283 ft) skyscraper in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples Republic of China. Its structural height includes two antenna like spires on the top. Completed in 1997, it is the tallest concrete building in the world. Currently, it ranks as the eighth tallest building in China, 11th in Asia, and 16th worldwide. Located in the growing and expanding Tianhe District, it is part of a complex of the same name which also consists of two 38 story residential buildings. Its proximity includes a new train station which serves the extremely busy Guangzhou Shenzhen and Guangzhou Hong Kong railways. A new metro station, and the Tianhe Sports Center, where the 6th National Games and parts of the 2010 Asian Games were held. It is on the same Axis as two new building developments in Guangzhou, the first being the East and West Towers in Zhujiang New City and the Pearl Observation tower. It is surrounded by other tall buildings and is a symbol of Guangzhous growing wealth and importance.