Lujiazui

March 28, 2009
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This article was translated from Chinese by AI.

The Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone is one of the major financial districts in Shanghai, China. Located on the banks of the Huangpu River in Pudong New Area, it faces the Bund. The entire finance and trade zone covers a total area of 28 square kilometers, with a planned development area of 6.8 square kilometers, where approximately 100 buildings have already been completed.
Lujiazui is an important financial district in Pudong, Shanghai. In 2005 the State Council reaffirmed the positioning of the 31.78 km2 Lujiazui area, as the only finance and trade zone among the 185 state-level development zones on the mainland China.

Jinmao Tower
The Jin Mao Tower is an 88-storey landmark supertall skyscraper in the Lujiazui area of the Pudong district of Shanghai. It contains offices and the Shanghai Grand Hyatt hotel.
Located in the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone on the banks of the Huangpu River in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, the Jin Mao Tower stands 420.5 meters tall and was the second tallest skyscraper in Shanghai (as of August 2008). Construction began in 1994 and was completed in 1998. It has 88 floors above ground, totaling 93 floors including the spire levels, and 3 basement levels, with a floor area of 278,707 square meters. Featuring as many as 130 elevators and 555 guest rooms, it has become a landmark of Shanghai. It is a multi-functional skyscraper integrating modern office spaces, a five-star hotel, exhibition centers, entertainment venues, and shopping malls, blending traditional Chinese pagoda architectural style with Western construction technology. It was designed by the renowned Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).

Shanghai World Financial Center
It is a skyscraper located in the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China. It was the tallest building in mainland China, the second tallest building in the world, and the tallest flat-roofed building in the world at the time, standing 492 meters (1,614 feet) tall with 101 floors above ground. The developer was the Shanghai World Financial Center Co., Ltd., and its construction was led by the Japanese Mori Building Company.

The Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper in Shanghai, China. It is a mixed use skyscraper which consists of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the hotel component containing 174 rooms and suites. On opening, this hotel will become the highest in the world, surpassing the Grand Hyatt Shanghai on the 53rd to 87th floors of the neighboring Jin Mao Tower.
On 14 September 2007 the skyscraper was topped out at 492.0 meters (1,614.2 ft) and became the second tallest building in the world; as well as the tallest structure on mainland China, including Hong Kong. It is currently the world’s tallest completed building by roof.
On 28 August 2008, the SWFC officially opened for business. On August 30 the Observation Deck opened with a view from 3 levels. The highest view is at 474 m (1,555 ft) above ground level.

View of the Bund from Lujiazui

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