30 mega projects: China's pride, world's envy!
Some of the world's biggest and most expensive infrastructure projects are in China.
China, Brazil, the Middle East and other parts of the developing world, account for nearly half of the most expensive projects in the world.
Businessinsider says some of these mega projects in China are 'reshaping the world'. Here's a look at some of the biggest and expensive projects in China...
Shanghai World Financial Centre
The world's second-tallest building resembles a bottle opener.
Built at a cost of $1.1 billion, this Shanghai tower was designed by architectural firm Kohn Pederson Fox Associates. It houses offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. Park Hyatt has 174 rooms and suites in this tower. Click NEXT to read on
Image: Shanghai World Financial Centre.
It has six expressway lanes in two directions. Inaugurated in May 2008, this modern wonder is an S-shaped stayed-cable bridge with six lanes in both directions.
It brings down the distance between Shanghai and Ningbo by 120 km. This architectural wonder cost $1.70 billion. Click NEXT to read on
Image: Hangzhou Bay Bridge.
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30 mega projects: China's pride, world's envy!
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China, Brazil, the Middle East and other parts of the developing world, account for nearly half of the most expensive projects in the world.
Businessinsider says some of these mega projects in China are 'reshaping the world'. Here's a look at some of the biggest and expensive projects in China...
Shanghai World Financial Centre
The world's second-tallest building resembles a bottle opener.
Built at a cost of $1.1 billion, this Shanghai tower was designed by architectural firm Kohn Pederson Fox Associates. It houses offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. Park Hyatt has 174 rooms and suites in this tower. Click NEXT to read on
Image: Shanghai World Financial Centre.
30 mega projects: China's pride, world's envy!
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It has six expressway lanes in two directions. Inaugurated in May 2008, this modern wonder is an S-shaped stayed-cable bridge with six lanes in both directions.
It brings down the distance between Shanghai and Ningbo by 120 km. This architectural wonder cost $1.70 billion. Click NEXT to read on
Image: Hangzhou Bay Bridge.
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Built at a cost of $ 40 billion, the total installed capacity would top 22,500 MW in 2011.
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Image: Three Gorges Dam, China.
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Built at a cost of $1.84 billion, the combined length of the route is 25.5 kilometres.
The tunnel and bridge are part of the Hushan Expressway between Shanghai and Xi'an.
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Image: Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge.
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The project aims to connect Haihe with the three other major rivers - the Yangtze, Yellow and Huaihe.
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Image: A mega plan to connect rivers.
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Expected to be completed in 2013, the project includes a total of about one million square meters of apartments, two hospitals and several schools and nursery schools.
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Image: Baltic Pearl Project.
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The Terminal 3 built in 2008, is the second largest airport terminal in the world after Dubai International Airport's Terminal 3, and the third largest building in the world by area.
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Image: Passengers wait to board the new Airport Express train at the subway station in Beijing Airport.
Photographs: Reuters.
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With flights to more than 20 international destinations and many domestic airports, it is a hub for Chengdu Airlines, Air China and Sichuan Airlines.
It was built at a cost of $1.9 billion.
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Image: Chengdu Shuangliu Airport.
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The telescope's main spherical reflector will be made up of 4,600 panels. The $102 million project will be completed in 2016.
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Image: Pingtang telescope.
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The metro's Line 1 24.5 km-long south extension and Line 2 were both put into operation, increasing the total length of Nanjing metro system by nearly four times.
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Image: Nanjing Metro.
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Completed in December, 2009 at a cost of $2.12 billion, the station has 11 platforms and 20 tracks.
It serves the Beijing-Hong Kong high speed railway, the Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu passenger line, and Zhengzhou/Jiujiang-bound passenger trains.
The design was inspired by the yellow crane, the symbol of Wuhan City.
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Image: Wuhan Railway Station.
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The $2.2 billion building will rise to a height of 632 metres (2,073 ft), have 128 stories, and spread across an area of 4,090,000 sq ft.
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Image: A model of the Shanghai Tower.
Photographs: Reuters.
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With the height at 606 meters, the $750 million building will house luxury hotels, office space, high-end stores and apartments.
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Image: Wuhan Greenland Centre.
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Image: Qinling Tunnel.
Photographs: Reuters.
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It took five years to build this architectural marvel at a cost of $200 million.
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Image: Guangzhou Opera House.
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Built on the Jinshajiang River, this will be the third-largest hydropower plant in China.
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Image: Xiangjiaba Hydro power project.
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The Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed maglev line will allow trains to run at speeds of 400 kilometres per hour.
Image: Shanghai's maglev train (magnetic levitation) arrives at Long Yang station.
Photographs: Reuters.
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The 89-storey building will have retail and office space in the lower section, and restaurants and a public observatory near the top.
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Image: Nanjing Greenland Financial Centre.
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The new mega-city will cover China's manufacturing base from Guangzhou to Shenzhen, including Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Huizhou and Zhaoqing, acounting for a tenth of the Chinese economy
The $306.7 billion 'Turn The Pearl River Delta Into One' scheme will build a 16,000 square mile urban area that is 26 times larger than Greater London, or twice the size of Wale
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Image: A Chinese fisherman works on the Pearl River against a backdrop of a factory in Zengcheng, Guangdong
Photographs: Reuters.
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China plans to spend $40 billion to boost offshore production to meet the growing demand.
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Image: Tianjin port.
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The $176 million Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory conducts major scientific projects.
The Shanghai plant is one of the 60 synchrotron radiation facilities that exist worldwide.
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Image: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory.
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When completed, it may hold the record for the most nuclear reactors on one site.
The construction of the $2.2 billion project has been divided into five stages. Three stages have been completed.
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Image: A Chinese security personnel guards the entrance to the nuclear power plant in Qinshan.
Photographs: Reuters.
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Designed by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA, this $760 million project has a loop of six horizontal and vertical sections covering 1,552,000 ft of floor space, making an irregular grid on the building's facade with an open center.
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Image: China Central TV Headquarters.
Photographs: Reuters.
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Built at a cost of $6.3 billion, this is the third railway station in Bejing.
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Image: A platform guide holds a sign beside a new high-speed train at Beijing South Railway Station.
Photographs: Reuters.
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The $33 billion rail project stretches to 1,318-kilometres, starting from Beijing and ending at Shanghai.
Though the railway line is has been built to sustain a maximum speed of up to 350 kph, the government has decided to reduce it to 300 kph at the initial stage.
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Image: A high-speed train.
Photographs: Reuters.
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The construction of the $12 billion launch centre began in 2009 and is expected to complete by 2013.
The centre will launch satellites and unmanned spacecraft for all domestic and commercial operations.
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Image: Hainan Wenchang Space Centre to open by 2013.
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China would bring its total wind power capacity to 100 GW by 2020 from the current 12 GW.
The $18.2 billion Jiuquan mega wind power base will be built in two phases.
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Image: A labourer paints a component of a wind mill at a wind power equipment factory in Jiuquan.
Photographs: Reuters.
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After halting the project in 2005, construction was restarted to build the third tallest dam in the world.
The total generating capacity of this $6.76 billion dam will be 13,860 MW.
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Image: Xiluodu Dam.
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The mega project will be completed by 2020. More than 50 container berths, capable of handling the fifth and the sixth generation of container ships (5,000-6,000 TEU) will be built.
The $8 billion project will be the biggest and busiest container terminal in the world.
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Image: Shanghai Yangshan Deep Water Port.
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The total investment in Yangjiang's six reactors is $10.2 billion.
Image: Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station.
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