New Century Global Centre, World's largest building, opens in China

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Move aside Dubai. China now has what is billed as the world's largest building — a vast, wavy rectangular box of glass and steel that will house shops, hotels, offices and a faux ocean beach with a huge LED screen for video sunsets.

The mammoth New Century Global Center that opened last month in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu has 1.7 million square meters (19 million square feet) of floor space — or about 329 football fields — edging out the previous record-holder, the Dubai airport.

The structure is half a kilometer long, 400 meters wide and 100 meters high.

The New Century project is a sign that China's growth has spread from the country's more prosperous eastern and southern regions to the west, where wages are lower and the central government has encouraged development with subsidies and tax breaks. With its booming economy, China has become home to some of the largest and tallest buildings in the world.

Backed by local governments, the building in a planned urban district south of Chengdu aims to boost the global stature of the capital city of Sichuan province, known for its spicy cuisine.

Once fully completed, the centerpiece of the building will be a water park with a 400-meter coast and beaches under a gigantic glass dome. Up to 6,000 visitors at a time will be able to sunbathe, play in a wave pool, sip cocktails or feast on seafood. A 150-meter-by-40-meter LED screen will rise above a section of water with videos of an ocean horizon.

The center will include two five-star hotels as well as high-end boutiques set in a replica of a Mediterranean town under faux blue skies. The shopping section has been open to the public since late June, though the building's office space has been occupied for some time.

The building also has a 14-screen movie theater and an ice rink.

http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-largest-building-opens-west-083738502.html

Marvelous! China is proving to the world that it is the next wonder.

[size=38pt]Shaainaa Nooni[/size]

DOES IT LEADS TO HEAVEN.

China ..... de new supa pawa!!!
Now, made in china is kool and soon everyone will also want to speak in Chinese slang

hurray. . .first to comment nani. .buyaka buyaka

Chinese are just skilled and innovative.

WOW

leonard509: hurray. . .first to comment nani. .buyaka buyaka

Boda Ode

And we are here in Nigeria Breaking one another's heads with mace. smh.

sexymoma: DOES IT LEADS TO HEAVEN.

Ask Google

leonard509: hurray. . .first to comment nani. .buyaka buyaka

SMH !!!!!!!!!!!

What good leadership brings to the people and country

coastal queen: And we are here in Nigeria Breaking one another's heads with mace. smh.

LWKMD.

leonard509: hurray. . .first to comment nani. .buyaka buyaka

Sorry bros, you miss road by 1 kilometer!!! Cowa Bunga!!

No suprice! They've indegenized the technology of building. So they can play it to their taste. If you see the people building these structure eh! You won't believe your eyes.

koonbey: Boda Ode

lol

Building of the future.

I'd hate to walk around in this building.

Please Nigerians in china make sure you don't enter that building until it has been tried and certified we all know how MADE IN CHINA things are.

Which nation is capable of stopping China? Hmmmmm.

Wow! People always going to Dubai will have change of plans now.

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Colossal and magnificent edifice, wish we had one, love sun bath, tanning my body..mehn i'll be there

those from the Niger Delta don't worry when the REPUBLIC OF NIGER DELTA is materialised we will have thousands of this.
mek some ppl dey dia, dey speak english or do debate...

Nothing big about these. I bet the Pentagon in DC is larger than this

sexymoma: DOES IT LEADS TO HEAVEN.

craze woman dey show you pant abi?

This china people dey vex me. Mtcheeew

wow and amazing mark to history.i thank God for all the invention and technology in my generation.even d wonder of of same date.12:12:12.12:12:12.(second,minutes,hour,day,month and year.china come and expose nigeria to innovations.

Wow, this is a great development. China is really pulling weight and gradually becoming one of the world leaders now. I remember China used [color=#000099][/color]to be a laughing stock those days with their made-in-china inferior products that flocked all developing countries. They have indeed come a long way o.

329 football fields...as hard as I try to imagine it, I still can't wrap my mind around that fact.

It was Europe. Then USA. Now Asia.
I expect Brazil next.

Then my beautiful Africa will rule the World.