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Qianhai Tower | SHENZHEN | ~800m | ~2625ft

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#106 ·
Well, if they want to move the flight path for the benefit of Qianhai, then why not benefit Houhai too? Then, that CRC tower and other buildings in Houhai could also have a go at megatall status... just move it up by a mile or two north to pass by Xili and north of Bao'an Center, and you're fine for both Qianhai & Houhai - yes the planes may have to make a circle above the sea, but that's a small price to pay to get the land revaluaed (for the benefit of Gov't anyway).

I flew before over this corridor, the night view on the left side was fantastic...
 
#107 ·
I saw a video some where b4 depicting airplanes coming into Shenzhen airport are not going from the direction of qianhai but rather plane woukd have to turn n come in from northeast or west of the airport. At first I was puzzled but if it's true then it makes sense.
 
#108 ·
I don't really like towers with this high. In most cases they aren't economical and only for prestige (ok we will ignore the use for the tourist industry right now ),they don't really fit in skylines IMO and the most are ugly ( yes I don'T like Burj Khalifa ). That is only my opinion :)
 
#114 ·
I know you all want this 800 meter monster but I hope the hight will be reduced to at least 600 to 730 m 800 meters is so tall they every other building what sourunds the 800 m building looks to little.That ruins every skyline. The building lokks great maybee but the skyline looks not so impressive anymore .
 
#118 ·
Like others mentioned there will be other tall skyscrapers in the skyline so if there is an 800 meter tower those will just balance it out.

I'm just worried about the airport clearance issue. The point at which planes turn to line up for the runway is pretty much right over Qianhai.
 
#115 ·
^^ Honestly I prefer an area with several 400-700m towers before of an 800m tower with several 300-400m towers around it, it's more balanced.

But since this city is going to build several 600m+ towers I don't think an 800m tower would look too tall. You'll have Ping'An (660m) and Caiwuwei (666m) towers not too far away plus who knows what else.
 
#116 ·
i think China Resources isn't too far away, considering the 800m building is in Qianhai and the Recourse Building is in Houhai. On the map Caiwuwei and Ping'an do look a bit further away (like 10km), which would seperate the skylines quite heavily.
 
#119 ·
Hong Kong banks take the lead in Qianhai



THE pace of progress in developing Qianhai — a special economic zone in Shenzhen — is picking up steam, after the Central Government approved its blueprint recently.

Construction — the “hardware” — has begun in earnest in Qianhai. What you don’t see — the “software” — is what Hong Kong banks and its service companies are focusing on to help turn Qianhai into a mini-Hong Kong.

The National Development and Reform Commission wants Qianhai to be a testing ground for freer convertibility of the yuan.

For a start, Standard Chartered Bank, among 15 others, has been given the green-light to offer loans totaling US$321 million worth of yuan to local companies registered in Qianhai.

John Tan, head of global markets at Standard Chartered Bank, said: “If you look at the pilot scheme in trade settlement, when they start, they started on a small-scale. Only 365 selected enterprises could do it. Eventually, it expanded to the whole country. I think Qianhai will do exactly the same. The government will like to see it in a controlled manner, to see how it goes.”

In addition, Hong Kong banks will be able to freely negotiate the structure, terms, and interest rates of the loans. That means cheaper loans for Qianhai companies, compared to what mainland banks are offering.

Tan added: “Eventually, it will create a CNH [offshore renminbi deposits] yield curve in Hong Kong. This yield curve, very soon you will start to see CNH-fixing, and with CNH-fixing, we will see different types of CNH derivatives coming out of Hong Kong. That will be very important in the whole yuan internationalization.”

The CNH market in Hong Kong currently stands at US$97 billion, up 9 percent compared to a year ago.

Qianhai gives Hong Kong banks an outlet to some of that surplus liquidity, and expectations are high that these channels will be broadened.

New rules relating to freer convertibility of the yuan in Qianhai is expected as early as the middle of this year. In the meantime, Chinese mainland authorities still have capital controls in place, which means that money in and out of the mainland will have to be approved by the People’s Bank of China’s Shenzhen branch.

While the banks have already started to cash in, Hong Kong’s financial industry are waiting for their turn. The city’s stockbroking association is hoping that Hong Kong brokers which set up shop in Qianhai will be allowed to sell shares of Hong Kong IPOs, for instance.

Insurance sector lawmaker Chan Kin-Por said there is no word yet on whether the threshold for Hong Kong insurers to enter the Qianhai market will be lowered to match domestic insurers at US$25.8 million.

Chan added: “If you want to apply for a licence on the mainland, you must have assets of US$5 billion. But for Hong Kong, because of the market size, not too many companies have assets of US$5 billion — so that is a requirement that most companies will not be able to achieve. We’ve been fighting for many years that this would materialize.”

For Hong Kong’s financial services sector, the bigger dream is not just to serve Qianhai, but the rest of China, when the mainland eventually throws open its financial markets.



Source: http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2013-03/14/content_2404704.htm
 
#126 ·
This news isn't specific to the tower but about the whole project.


Authorities in Guangdong province will accelerate infrastructure development in coming years, according to the southern province's governor.
Zhu Xiaodan said work will be speeded up in Nansha in Guangzhou, Qianhai in Shenzhen and Hengqin in Zhuhai.
"The three areas will become key platforms for further economic cooperation between Guangdong and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao," Zhu said during the annual session of the National People's Congress.
Last year, the central government gave approval for Nansha, on the southernmost tip of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, to be a State-level pilot zone to foster closer business ties with Hong Kong and Macao. Nansha covers 803 sq km, enjoying a geographical advantage, as it is only 38 nautical miles from Hong Kong and 41 nautical miles from Macao.
The region will be granted the right to pilot mechanisms to drive growth. It will enjoy preferential policies on tax, land management, financial innovation and industrial development.
Zhu said the region will focus on developing the manufacturing and modern service sectors, including shipping logistics, high-tech innovation and leisure tourism, automobiles and shipbuilding. Work will begin in the district soon on a series of large projects, including the second airport in Guangzhou, sources from government said.
Qianhai, a stretch of 15 sq km of reclaimed land in western Shenzhen, is a pilot zone considered as a testing ground for the Chinese mainland's financial opening-up.
The Qianhai area will take on reform measures in finance, taxation, legal system, talent, education, medical treatment and telecommunications.
More than 180 financial enterprises had registered in Qianhai by the end of November, accounting for 76 percent of all companies introduced into the area, sources with the Qianhai administrative bureau said.
Ma Huateng, CEO of Shenzhen-based Tencent Holding Ltd, said: "We will move e-finance and e-commerce businesses to the Qianhai area, which gives priority to modern services and finance."
The central government unveiled measures in December for companies in Qianhai to borrow yuan loans from Hong Kong banks with interest rates to be fixed independently.
Hengqin Island in Zhuhai, at the mouth of the Pearl River, was approved by the State Council in 2009 as a pilot program for policies to boost regional economic integration.
Zhu said: "We are mulling over simplifying procedures of review and approval for investment from Hong Kong and Macao to set up production facilities in Hengqin."
Cooperation with Hong Kong and Macao will feature the service sector, especially producer services and high-end services, Zhu said.

"The three areas will help transfer the traditional processing trade to a modern service sector between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao," he said. "We will relax restrictions and allow more businesses enter the three areas."
Authorities in Guangdong will introduce more preferential policies for processing businesses invested by Hong Kong and Macao to help them in industrial upgrading, Zhu said.
Since the Hong Kong/Guangdong Cooperation Joint Conference was established in 1998, economic and social ties have been greatly strengthened between both sides.
They also signed the Framework Agreement on Hong Kong/Guangdong Cooperation in 2010, which elevated development of the Pearl River Delta region to a strategic level of national development, specifying cooperation between Hong Kong and Guangdong as a national policy.
 
#131 ·
Several plots of the very first phase of Qianhai CBD may host supertalls. We should open threads for each one as soon as we get some more specifc information. They didn't credit the source for the images, hopefully not fake.


Maximum height 300m, likely A-02-02-03 plot.


Maximum height 300m, likely A-02-03-04 plot.


Maximum height 320m, likely A-02-04-01, A-02-04-03 and A-02-04-07 plots.
 
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