Like all of the tall structures built in China, this building is also heavily criticized by the general public for being one of the local government's showpiece projects for several reasons:
Research has shown that once buildings are taller than 300 meters or more than 100 stories, it would be uneconomical because the income would always be less than the operational cost.[citation needed] The local government of Shenzhen, only allowed such criticism in the initial hearing debate but decided to go ahead with the construction anyway, and just like the way it has constantly refused to publicize the complete information on the construction cost and measures taken to strengthen the building against possible earthquake, the complete information on operational cost and the income of the building is also never publicized despite public demands to do so.
See also: List of skyscrapers, List of towers The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Shenzhen (Chinese: ; pinyin: ShÄ“nzhèn; Hakka:cim1 zun4; Cantonese Jyutping: sam1 zan3; Yale: sÄm jan; Sham Chun or Shamchun in old or Hong Kong documents; lit. ... An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stored energy in the crust that propagates seismic waves. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Landmarks include ShunHingSquare, one of the world's 10 tallest buildings, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and Book City, a multi-storey bookstore featuring everything from ancient Chinese classics to modern school textbooks.
At 1260 feet (384 metres), ShunHingSquare is the 8th tallest building in the world.
ShunHingSquare is taller than New York's Empire State Building.
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