List of tallest buildings in Shanghai


The city of Shanghai, China has one of the largest skylines in the world, with 193 completed skyscrapers that reach a height of 150 metres as of 2025, making it the city with the sixth-most skyscrapers in the world. It also has the third most skyscrapers in mainland China, after Shenzhen and Guangzhou. As the largest urban area in China, with an urban area population of over 21.9 million residents as of 2020, Shanghai is home to some of China's tallest buildings.
Shanghai's first high-rise building boom occurred in the 1920s and 1930s, during the city's heyday as a multinational center of business and finance. The city's international concessions permitted foreign investment, and with it came architectural styles influenced by the West, as seen today in areas such as the French Concession and the Bund. After the Communist takeover in 1949, Shanghai's urban development was stifled, punished for its earlier capitalist excesses.
Following economic reforms in the late 1980s, Shanghai became one of the first Chinese cities to build skyscrapers. The area of Lujiazui, in the district of Pudong, was designated as a new central business district, and gradually became the focal point of the skyline. From the late 1990s, skyscrapers began to be built at a rapid pace. The City of Shanghai reported in 2004 that 6,704 buildings of 11 stories or more were completed since 1990; by 2011, there are over 20,000 buildings at least 11 stories tall and more than 1,000 buildings exceeding 30 stories in Shanghai.
Lujiazui forms the central portion of Shanghai's skyline, and contains its three tallest buildings. The third tallest, the postmodern Jin Mao Tower, was China's first supertall skyscraper. It was the tallest building in Shanghai from 1990 until 2008, when Shanghai World Financial Center was completed. Since 2015, the tallest building in Shanghai has been the 632 m tall, 128-storey Shanghai Tower, one of only four megatall skyscrapers. At the time of its completion, it was the second-tallest building in the world; it is currently the third tallest. While not a habitable building, the Oriental Pearl Tower, also in Lujiazui, has been a significant landmark in the skyline since its completion in 1994. Besides Lujiazui, many skyscrapers are found throughout the central areas of Shanghai, such as in Huangpu, Hongkou, and Xuhui.
Shanghai has seven supertall skyscrapers, and is tied with Chicago, Nanjing, and Wuhan as the city with the fifth-most supertall buildings. Since the 2010s, an increasing number of supertall skyscrapers have been built outside of Lujiazui, such as Sinar Mas Center 1 to the north of the Bund in 2017 and the Zhangjiang Science Gate towers in 2024; the latter are the tallest twin towers in Shanghai. Four more supertall skyscrapers are under construction, all located outside of Lujiazui; the tallest of these, North Bund Tower, will reach a height of 480 m and be the city's third tallest building upon completion in 2030.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks skyscrapers in Shanghai that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equals sign following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Tallest under construction

There are twelve skyscrapers that are under construction in Shanghai that are expected to be at least 200 m tall as of 2025, based on standard height measurement.
* Table entries without text indicate that information regarding floor counts, and/or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Shanghai when measured to roof. When measured to height of structural or architectural top, the Shanghai Exhibition Centre held the title from completion in 1955 until overtaken by the Jin Jiang Tower in 1988.
NameStreet addressYears as tallestHeight
metres / ft		FloorsReference
Arcadia HallZhangyuan Garden1893–19195
Customs House, Shanghai13 The Bund1927–193482 / 2698
Park Hotel170 Nanjing West Road1934–198384 / 27522
Shanghai Hotel505 Wulumuqi Road North1983–198591 / 29927
Union Friendship Tower100 East Yan'an Road1985–1988106 / 34830
Jin Jiang Tower161 Changle Road1988–1990153 / 50246
The Portman Ritz-Carlton1376 Nanjing West Road1990–1995165 / 54148
China Merchants TowerLujiazui Central Business District1995–1996186 / 61038
King TowerXin Jin Qiao Road1996–1998212 / 69638
Jin Mao Tower88 Century Boulevard1998–2007421 / 1,38088
Shanghai World Financial Center100 Century Boulevard2007–2015492 / 1,614101
Shanghai Tower501 Yincheng Middle Road2015–present632 / 2,093128