Ping An Finance Centre: A City Landmark Above the Clouds
Overview
Ping An Finance Centre, located at the intersection of Yitian Road and Fuhua Road in the central area of Futian District, Shenzhen, has a total construction area of approximately 460,000 square meters and a building height of 599.1 meters (main structure height 592.5 meters, with a 6.6-meter antenna at the top). It has 118 floors above ground and 5 below, invested and built by Ping An Real Estate, designed by KPF Architects, and constructed by China Construction First Group. The project broke ground in November 2010, topped out in June 2016, and officially opened in March 2017, with a total investment of about 20 billion RMB. As the tallest building in South China, the second tallest in China (after Shanghai Tower at 632 meters), and the fourth tallest in the world (after Burj Khalifa at 828 meters, Shanghai Tower at 632 meters, and Makkah Royal Clock Tower at 601 meters), this building is not only a landmark carrier of Shenzhen's financial industry development but also, with its Free Sky observation deck at an altitude of 541 meters, the highest viewing platform in Shenzhen, attracting over 1.5 million visitors annually.
