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China has embarked on the construction of an 838-meter-tall building in Changsha that is billed as the \u201cworld\u2019s tallest\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Developer Broad Group on Saturday held a ground-breaking ceremony in the capital city of central province Hunan to start building the 208-storey tower, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald newspaper reported. Upon completion, the building would be about 10 meters taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, currently the world\u2019s tallest.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Changsha project, carried out by China Construction Fifth Building, is expected to be completed in April 2014<\/strong>, said Zhang Yue, founder and chairman of the Broad Group. It was slated to open in May or June next year.<\/p>\n

The skycraper will contain a total area of 1.05 million square meters and will cost a whopping 5.2 billion yuan (HK$6.5 billion) to build, government-run news portal voc.com.cn reported.<\/p>\n

Named \u201cSky City\u201d, the mega building is designed to house various public facilities so the \u201cbuilding can serve as a city\u201d, the developer said.<\/strong> It would house schools, an elderly care center, hospital, offices in lower levels, while apartments and hotels would make up the upper levels.<\/p>\n

Changsha-based technology enterprise Broad Group was founded in 1988.<\/strong> Its products include energy-saving electronic equipment and quake-proof construction materials.<\/p>\n

China is home to five of the world’s top-10 tallest buildings, according to a list in Forbes magazine last year.<\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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