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Country Guide · Honest Height Rankings
In Honest 100
47
Rank pending
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Tallest (honest)
583.5m
Best ratio
1.1%
China dominates the Honest 100 with 45 buildings - almost half the list. The range of performance is wide: CITIC Tower (China Zun) in Beijing scores a 1.1% Vanity Ratio (5.7 metres of unoccupied height above 522 metres of office floors), while buildings like CITIC Plaza in Guangzhou reach 23.9%. The median Vanity Ratio across confirmed Chinese buildings is approximately 8% - meaning the typical Chinese supertall is genuinely more honest than the global average. Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Guangzhou each have multiple entries in the confirmed rankings. Dozens more Chinese buildings have unconfirmed occupied floor data.
Buildings ranked by Honest Height - the elevation of the highest occupied floor, not architectural top. The gap is the Vanity Ratio. See the full methodology.
Buildings in China, drawn to scale
Each silhouette drawn to scale. Silver = the height humans actually reach. Amber = the decorative steel above it.
#1
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai
583.5m
7.7% vanity
#2
Ping An Finance Centre
Shenzhen
555.1m
7.3% vanity
#3
CITIC Tower (China Zun)
Beijing
522m
1.1% vanity
#4
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
Guangzhou
496m
6.4% vanity
#5
Shanghai World Financial Center
Shanghai
474m
3.7% vanity
#6
Wuhan Greenland Center
Wuhan
470m
1.3% vanity
#7
International Land-Sea Center
Chongqing
444m
3.1% vanity
#8
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
Tianjin
439.4m
17.1% vanity
#9
Changsha IFS Tower T1
Changsha
431m
4.7% vanity
#10
Wuhan Center
Wuhan
428m
3.4% vanity
#11
KK100
Shenzhen
427m
3.4% vanity
#12
Shandong International Financial Center
Jinan
415.2m
3.0% vanity
#13
Guangzhou International Finance Centre
Guangzhou
415.1m
5.4% vanity
#14
Nanjing Financial City Phase II C T1
Nanjing
404m
3.0% vanity
#15
Suzhou IFS
Suzhou
399.1m
11.3% vanity
#16
Ningbo Central Plaza
Ningbo
393m
3.9% vanity
#17
Guiyang International Financial Center T1
Guiyang
385m
4.0% vanity
#18
Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1
Shenzhen
379.1m
2.3% vanity
#19
China Merchants Bank Global HQ
Shenzhen
375.5m
4.5% vanity
#20
Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai
375m
10.8% vanity
#21
Guangxi China Resources Tower
Nanning
374.3m
7.1% vanity
#22
Citymark Centre
Shenzhen
373m
3.9% vanity
#23
Logan Century Center 1
Nanning
365m
4.3% vanity
#24
Guangdong Business Center
Guangzhou
360.5m
4.0% vanity
#25
Hengfeng Guiyang Center T1
Guiyang
359m
3.9% vanity
#26
Dalian International Trade Center
Dalian
355.4m
4.0% vanity
#27
Shanghai International Trade Center T1
Shanghai
355.2m
4.0% vanity
#28
Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A
Nanjing
353.3m
4.0% vanity
#29
Raffles City Chongqing T3N
Chongqing
350m
1.3% vanity
#30
Raffles City Chongqing T4N
Chongqing
350m
1.3% vanity
#31
Eton Place Dalian Tower 1
Dalian
349.5m
8.8% vanity
#32
Ping An Finance Center Tower 1 (Jinan)
Jinan
345.6m
4.0% vanity
#33
China Resources Tower
Shenzhen
345m
12.1% vanity
#34
Huiyun Center
Shenzhen
344.8m
4.0% vanity
#35
Greenland Group Suzhou Center
Suzhou
343.7m
4.0% vanity
#36
Haitian Center T2
Qingdao
342.9m
7.0% vanity
#37
Galaxy World Tower 1
Shenzhen
341.8m
4.0% vanity
#38
Galaxy World Tower 2
Shenzhen
341.8m
4.0% vanity
#39
Forum 66 Tower 1
Shenyang
337m
3.9% vanity
#40
Xi'an Glory International Financial Center
Xi'an
336m
4.0% vanity
#41
Riverview Plaza
Wuhan
330.3m
12.2% vanity
#42
Hanking Center
Shenzhen
320m
10.8% vanity
#43
Zifeng Tower
Nanjing
316.5m
29.7% vanity
#44
Dabaihui Plaza
Shenzhen
306.9m
18.3% vanity
#45
Shun Hing Square
Shenzhen
298m
22.4% vanity
#46
CITIC Plaza
Guangzhou
296.9m
23.9% vanity
#47
The Pinnacle
Guangzhou
264.7m
24.4% vanity
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Top 5 in China · Confirmed occupied height
2
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai · CN
Vanity
7.7%
3
Ping An Finance Centre
Shenzhen · CN
Vanity
7.3%
4
CITIC Tower (China Zun)
Beijing · CN
Vanity
1.1%
7
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
Guangzhou · CN
Vanity
6.4%
10
Shanghai World Financial Center
Shanghai · CN
Vanity
3.7%
Ranks 6-47 in China
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
Tianjin · CN
439.4m
17.1% vanity
Guangzhou International Finance Centre
Guangzhou · CN
415.1m
5.4% vanity
Changsha IFS Tower T1
Changsha · CN
431m
4.7% vanity
KK100
Shenzhen · CN
427m
3.4% vanity
Suzhou IFS
Suzhou · CN
399.1m
11.3% vanity
Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai · CN
375m
10.8% vanity
Hanking Center
Shenzhen · CN
320m
10.8% vanity
Zifeng Tower
Nanjing · CN
316.5m
29.7% vanity
CITIC Plaza
Guangzhou · CN
296.9m
23.9% vanity
Shun Hing Square
Shenzhen · CN
298m
22.4% vanity
Wuhan Greenland Center
Wuhan · CN
470m
1.3% vanity
International Land-Sea Center
Chongqing · CN
444m
3.1% vanity
Wuhan Center
Wuhan · CN
428m
3.4% vanity
Shandong International Financial Center
Jinan · CN
415.2m
3.0% vanity
Nanjing Financial City Phase II C T1
Nanjing · CN
404m
3.0% vanity
Ningbo Central Plaza
Ningbo · CN
393m
3.9% vanity
Guangxi China Resources Tower
Nanning · CN
374.3m
7.1% vanity
Guiyang International Financial Center T1
Guiyang · CN
385m
4.0% vanity
China Merchants Bank Global HQ
Shenzhen · CN
375.5m
4.5% vanity
China Resources Tower
Shenzhen · CN
345m
12.1% vanity
Eton Place Dalian Tower 1
Dalian · CN
349.5m
8.8% vanity
Citymark Centre
Shenzhen · CN
373m
3.9% vanity
Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1
Shenzhen · CN
379.1m
2.3% vanity
Logan Century Center 1
Nanning · CN
365m
4.3% vanity
Riverview Plaza
Wuhan · CN
330.3m
12.2% vanity
Guangdong Business Center
Guangzhou · CN
360.5m
4.0% vanity
Dabaihui Plaza
Shenzhen · CN
306.9m
18.3% vanity
Hengfeng Guiyang Center T1
Guiyang · CN
359m
3.9% vanity
Shanghai International Trade Center T1
Shanghai · CN
355.2m
4.0% vanity
Dalian International Trade Center
Dalian · CN
355.4m
4.0% vanity
Haitian Center T2
Qingdao · CN
342.9m
7.0% vanity
Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A
Nanjing · CN
353.3m
4.0% vanity
Ping An Finance Center Tower 1 (Jinan)
Jinan · CN
345.6m
4.0% vanity
Huiyun Center
Shenzhen · CN
344.8m
4.0% vanity
Greenland Group Suzhou Center
Suzhou · CN
343.7m
4.0% vanity
Galaxy World Tower 1
Shenzhen · CN
341.8m
4.0% vanity
Galaxy World Tower 2
Shenzhen · CN
341.8m
4.0% vanity
Raffles City Chongqing T3N
Chongqing · CN
350m
1.3% vanity
Raffles City Chongqing T4N
Chongqing · CN
350m
1.3% vanity
Forum 66 Tower 1
Shenyang · CN
337m
3.9% vanity
The Pinnacle
Guangzhou · CN
264.7m
24.4% vanity
Xi'an Glory International Financial Center
Xi'an · CN
336m
4.0% vanity
China built more supertalls in the last 20 years than the rest of the world combined. The honest data shows this was largely done without the excessive spire inflation common in other markets. The median Vanity Ratio sits below 10%. When Chinese towers do have vanity in the design, it tends to be architectural crown rather than broadcast spire - which produces shorter but more proportionate gaps. The outliers exist (CITIC Plaza at 23.9%) but are the exception, not the rule.