City Guide · Honest Height Rankings · China (country median vanity: 4.0%)
In Honest 100
12
Rank pending
0
Tallest (honest)
555.1m
Best ratio
2.3%
Shenzhen has three confirmed Honest 100 entries: Ping An Finance Centre (rank 3, 7.3% Vanity Ratio), KK100 (rank 16, 3.4%), and Hanking Center (rank 33, 10.8%). Ping An Finance Centre at 555 metres occupied is the world's third-tallest building by honest height and one of the most genuine supertalls in the Honest 100. Shenzhen built its skyline in three decades from a fishing village - the city's buildings were constructed with function in mind from inception, which partly explains the low median Vanity Ratio.
Buildings ranked by Honest Height - the elevation of the highest occupied floor. Not architectural top. Not spires. Not decorative steel nobody rides an elevator to. The gap between the two is the Vanity Ratio. See the full methodology.
Buildings in Shenzhen, drawn to scale
Each silhouette drawn to scale. Silver = the height humans actually reach. Amber = the decorative steel above it.
7.3%
vanity ratio · +44m
555m
honest
599m
“official”
#3
honest
#5
“official”
Ping An Finance Centre
Shenzhen
3.4%
vanity ratio · +15m
427m
honest
442m
“official”
#18
honest
#27
“official”
KK100
Shenzhen
2.3%
vanity ratio · +9m
379m
honest
388m
“official”
#34
honest
#51
“official”
Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1
Shenzhen
3.9%
vanity ratio · +15m
373m
honest
388m
“official”
#43
honest
#50
“official”
Citymark Centre
Shenzhen
5.3%
vanity ratio · +21m
372m
honest
393m
“official”
#44
honest
#46
“official”
China Merchants Bank Global HQ
Shenzhen
12.1%
vanity ratio · +48m
345m
honest
393m
“official”
#62
honest
#48
“official”
China Resources Tower
Shenzhen
4.0%
vanity ratio · +14m
345m
honest
359m
“official”
#64
honest
#77
“official”
Huiyun Center
Shenzhen
4.0%
vanity ratio · +14m
342m
honest
356m
“official”
#68
honest
#82
“official”
Galaxy World Tower 1
Shenzhen
4.0%
vanity ratio · +14m
342m
honest
356m
“official”
#69
honest
#83
“official”
Galaxy World Tower 2
Shenzhen
10.8%
vanity ratio · +39m
320m
honest
359m
“official”
#77
honest
#78
“official”
Hanking Center
Shenzhen
18.3%
vanity ratio · +69m
307m
honest
376m
“official”
#83
honest
#62
“official”
Dabaihui Plaza
Shenzhen
22.4%
vanity ratio · +86m
298m
honest
384m
“official”
#88
honest
#54
“official”
Shun Hing Square
Shenzhen
Top 5 in Shenzhen · Confirmed occupied height
3
Ping An Finance Centre
Shenzhen · CN
Vanity
7.3%
18
KK100
Shenzhen · CN
Vanity
3.4%
34
Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1
Shenzhen · CN
Vanity
2.3%
43
Citymark Centre
Shenzhen · CN
Vanity
3.9%
44
China Merchants Bank Global HQ
Shenzhen · CN
Vanity
5.3%
Ranks 6-12 in Shenzhen
China Resources Tower
Shenzhen · CN
345m
12.1% vanity
Huiyun Center
Shenzhen · CN
344.8m
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
Hanking Center
Shenzhen · CN
320m
10.8% vanity
Dabaihui Plaza
Shenzhen · CN
306.9m
18.3% vanity
Shun Hing Square
Shenzhen · CN
298m
22.4% vanity
The standard global ranking uses architectural top - the highest structural element regardless of whether anyone reaches it. The Honest Height ranking uses the highest occupied floor. For Shenzhen, the delta between the two metrics is tracked as the Vanity Ratio for each building.
Tallest by honest height: Ping An Finance Centre - 555.1m occupied
Tallest by architectural top: Ping An Finance Centre - 599.1m
See: The full Honest 100 · Methodology
Ping An Finance Centre is 555 metres occupied, 599 metres to the spire - a 7.3% Vanity Ratio for the third-tallest building in the world by honest height. It is in the same building category as Willis Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center: towers that were primarily designed to contain offices, not to claim a number. The spire is there. It is just proportionate.