China World Trade Center Tower III, Skyscraper in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
China World Trade Center Tower III is a 330 m (1,083 ft) supertall skyscraper at the junction of East Third Ring Road and Jianguomen Outer Street in Beijing's Chaoyang District. It has 74 floors above ground and 5 underground, with office space on floors 1 to 55, the China World Summit Wing Hotel on floors 64 to 77, and a restaurant and observation deck on floors 79 to 81. Its pale grey and white facade is covered by closely spaced vertical fins running almost the full height, interrupted by a recessed horizontal band.
China World Trade Center Tower III topped out on 29 October 2007 at 330 m and opened in 2010 as the third phase of the China World Trade Center complex. It was Beijing's tallest building until 2016, when it was surpassed by China Zun. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed it, the same firm behind One World Trade Center in New York.
The tower's name comes from the China World Trade Center complex, whose third phase it forms; the Chinese name Guomao Sandeng A is used for the address. Its 278-room five-star hotel, the China World Summit Wing, has its lobby on the 64th floor, and the four Schindler 7000 lifts serving it run at up to 10 metres per second.
This tower is part of a larger complex with good access to public transportation in the business district. Visitors can find shops, restaurants, and a hotel with several public areas open to the general public.
In 2010 the tower's rooftop helipad, at 330 m, made it the world's highest helipad, surpassing the U.S. Bank Tower's pad at 310.3 m. By December 2018 it ranked second, behind the Guangzhou International Finance Center at 439 m.
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