Country Guide · Honest Height Rankings
In Honest 100
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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.
7.7%
vanity ratio · +49m
584m
honest
632m
“official”
#2
honest
#3
“official”
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai
7.3%
vanity ratio · +44m
555m
honest
599m
“official”
#3
honest
#5
“official”
Ping An Finance Centre
Shenzhen
1.1%
vanity ratio · +6m
522m
honest
528m
“official”
#4
honest
#10
“official”
CITIC Tower (China Zun)
Beijing
6.4%
vanity ratio · +34m
496m
honest
530m
“official”
#7
honest
#8
“official”
Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre
Guangzhou
3.7%
vanity ratio · +18m
474m
honest
492m
“official”
#10
honest
#12
“official”
Shanghai World Financial Center
Shanghai
1.3%
vanity ratio · +6m
470m
honest
476m
“official”
#11
honest
#14
“official”
Wuhan Greenland Center
Wuhan
17.1%
vanity ratio · +91m
439m
honest
530m
“official”
#12
honest
#9
“official”
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
Tianjin
4.7%
vanity ratio · +21m
431m
honest
452m
“official”
#15
honest
#20
“official”
Changsha IFS Tower T1
Changsha
6.2%
vanity ratio · +28m
430m
honest
458m
“official”
#16
honest
#18
“official”
International Land-Sea Center
Chongqing
3.4%
vanity ratio · +15m
428m
honest
443m
“official”
#17
honest
#25
“official”
Wuhan Center
Wuhan
3.4%
vanity ratio · +15m
427m
honest
442m
“official”
#18
honest
#27
“official”
KK100
Shenzhen
3.0%
vanity ratio · +13m
415m
honest
428m
“official”
#19
honest
#30
“official”
Shandong International Financial Center
Jinan
5.4%
vanity ratio · +24m
415m
honest
439m
“official”
#20
honest
#28
“official”
Guangzhou International Finance Centre
Guangzhou
3.0%
vanity ratio · +13m
404m
honest
417m
“official”
#23
honest
#37
“official”
Nanjing Financial City Phase II C T1
Nanjing
11.3%
vanity ratio · +51m
399m
honest
450m
“official”
#24
honest
#24
“official”
Suzhou IFS
Suzhou
3.9%
vanity ratio · +16m
393m
honest
409m
“official”
#25
honest
#42
“official”
Ningbo Central Plaza
Ningbo
4.0%
vanity ratio · +16m
385m
honest
401m
“official”
#30
honest
#44
“official”
Guiyang International Financial Center T1
Guiyang
2.3%
vanity ratio · +9m
379m
honest
388m
“official”
#34
honest
#51
“official”
Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1
Shenzhen
10.8%
vanity ratio · +46m
375m
honest
421m
“official”
#37
honest
#36
“official”
Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai
7.1%
vanity ratio · +28m
374m
honest
403m
“official”
#39
honest
#43
“official”
Guangxi China Resources Tower
Nanning
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
4.3%
vanity ratio · +16m
365m
honest
381m
“official”
#48
honest
#57
“official”
Logan Century Center 1
Nanning
4.0%
vanity ratio · +15m
361m
honest
376m
“official”
#49
honest
#63
“official”
Guangdong Business Center
Guangzhou
3.9%
vanity ratio · +15m
359m
honest
374m
“official”
#50
honest
#66
“official”
Hengfeng Guiyang Center T1
Guiyang
4.0%
vanity ratio · +15m
355m
honest
370m
“official”
#54
honest
#67
“official”
Dalian International Trade Center
Dalian
4.0%
vanity ratio · +15m
355m
honest
370m
“official”
#55
honest
#69
“official”
Shanghai International Trade Center T1
Shanghai
1.3%
vanity ratio · +5m
350m
honest
355m
“official”
#57
honest
#88
“official”
Raffles City Chongqing T3N
Chongqing
1.3%
vanity ratio · +5m
350m
honest
355m
“official”
#58
honest
#89
“official”
Raffles City Chongqing T4N
Chongqing
8.8%
vanity ratio · +34m
350m
honest
383m
“official”
#59
honest
#55
“official”
Eton Place Dalian Tower 1
Dalian
4.0%
vanity ratio · +14m
346m
honest
360m
“official”
#61
honest
#76
“official”
Ping An Finance Center Tower 1 (Jinan)
Jinan
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
344m
honest
358m
“official”
#66
honest
#79
“official”
Greenland Group Suzhou Center
Suzhou
7.0%
vanity ratio · +26m
343m
honest
369m
“official”
#67
honest
#70
“official”
Haitian Center T2
Qingdao
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
3.9%
vanity ratio · +14m
337m
honest
351m
“official”
#72
honest
#93
“official”
Forum 66 Tower 1
Shenyang
8.7%
vanity ratio · +32m
336m
honest
368m
“official”
#73
honest
#71
“official”
Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A
Nanjing
4.0%
vanity ratio · +14m
336m
honest
350m
“official”
#74
honest
#95
“official”
Xi'an Glory International Financial Center
Xi'an
12.2%
vanity ratio · +46m
330m
honest
376m
“official”
#75
honest
#61
“official”
Riverview Plaza
Wuhan
10.8%
vanity ratio · +39m
320m
honest
359m
“official”
#77
honest
#78
“official”
Hanking Center
Shenzhen
29.7%
vanity ratio · +134m
317m
honest
450m
“official”
#79
honest
#23
“official”
Zifeng Tower
Nanjing
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
23.9%
vanity ratio · +93m
297m
honest
390m
“official”
#89
honest
#49
“official”
CITIC Plaza
Guangzhou
24.4%
vanity ratio · +86m
265m
honest
350m
“official”
#99
honest
#94
“official”
The Pinnacle
Guangzhou
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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
Wuhan Greenland Center
Wuhan · CN
470m
1.3% vanity
Tianjin CTF Finance Centre
Tianjin · CN
439.4m
17.1% vanity
Changsha IFS Tower T1
Changsha · CN
431m
4.7% vanity
International Land-Sea Center
Chongqing · CN
429.8m
6.2% vanity
Wuhan Center
Wuhan · CN
428m
3.4% vanity
KK100
Shenzhen · CN
427m
3.4% vanity
Shandong International Financial Center
Jinan · CN
415.2m
3.0% vanity
Guangzhou International Finance Centre
Guangzhou · CN
415.1m
5.4% vanity
Nanjing Financial City Phase II C T1
Nanjing · CN
404m
3.0% vanity
Suzhou IFS
Suzhou · CN
399.1m
11.3% vanity
Ningbo Central Plaza
Ningbo · CN
393m
3.9% vanity
Guiyang International Financial Center T1
Guiyang · CN
385m
4.0% vanity
Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1
Shenzhen · CN
379.1m
2.3% vanity
Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai · CN
375m
10.8% vanity
Guangxi China Resources Tower
Nanning · CN
374.3m
7.1% vanity
Citymark Centre
Shenzhen · CN
373m
3.9% vanity
China Merchants Bank Global HQ
Shenzhen · CN
372m
5.3% vanity
Logan Century Center 1
Nanning · CN
365m
4.3% vanity
Guangdong Business Center
Guangzhou · CN
360.5m
4.0% vanity
Hengfeng Guiyang Center T1
Guiyang · CN
359m
3.9% vanity
Dalian International Trade Center
Dalian · CN
355.4m
4.0% vanity
Shanghai International Trade Center T1
Shanghai · CN
355.2m
4.0% vanity
Raffles City Chongqing T3N
Chongqing · CN
350m
1.3% vanity
Raffles City Chongqing T4N
Chongqing · CN
350m
1.3% vanity
Eton Place Dalian Tower 1
Dalian · CN
349.5m
8.8% vanity
Ping An Finance Center Tower 1 (Jinan)
Jinan · CN
345.6m
4.0% vanity
China Resources Tower
Shenzhen · CN
345m
12.1% vanity
Huiyun Center
Shenzhen · CN
344.8m
4.0% vanity
Greenland Group Suzhou Center
Suzhou · CN
343.7m
4.0% vanity
Haitian Center T2
Qingdao · CN
342.9m
7.0% vanity
Galaxy World Tower 1
Shenzhen · CN
341.8m
4.0% vanity
Galaxy World Tower 2
Shenzhen · CN
341.8m
4.0% vanity
Forum 66 Tower 1
Shenyang · CN
337m
3.9% vanity
Golden Eagle Tiandi Tower A
Nanjing · CN
336m
8.7% vanity
Xi'an Glory International Financial Center
Xi'an · CN
336m
4.0% vanity
Riverview Plaza
Wuhan · CN
330.3m
12.2% vanity
Hanking Center
Shenzhen · CN
320m
10.8% vanity
Zifeng Tower
Nanjing · CN
316.5m
29.7% vanity
Dabaihui Plaza
Shenzhen · CN
306.9m
18.3% vanity
Shun Hing Square
Shenzhen · CN
298m
22.4% vanity
CITIC Plaza
Guangzhou · CN
296.9m
23.9% vanity
The Pinnacle
Guangzhou · CN
264.7m
24.4% 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.