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The Great Wall of China, at 6,352 km or 3,947 mi long, is a megastructure. This picture was taken near Beijing in February 2005. A megastructure is a very large artificial object, although the limits of precisely how large vary considerably. Some apply the term to any especially large or tall building.
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was both China and the world's largest company by assets in 2021, with over US$5.5 trillion in total assets. [ 2 ] This article lists the largest companies in China in terms of their revenue , net profit and total assets , according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes .
The list of the tallest buildings and structures in China encompasses a compilation of remarkable structures throughout the mainland and the special administrative region of Macau. These structures are distinguished by their towering heights, measuring at least 250 meters (820 feet) or more.
The South–North Water Transfer Project, also translated as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, [1] is a multi-decade infrastructure mega-project in China that aims to channel 44.8 cubic kilometers (44.8 billion cubic meters) of fresh water each year [2] from the Yangtze River in southern China to the more arid and industrialized north through three canal systems: [3]
China: China's Ultimate Port: Yangshan Port in Hangzhou Bay: 2008-05-27 [15] 10 United States: Sinking an aircraft carrier: Creating the world's largest artificial reef with USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida: 2008-05-29 11 Finland: The World's Biggest Cruise Liner: The building of cruise liner MS Freedom of the Seas: 2008-06-04 12 ...
China has also been a leader in construction technologies for skyscrapers, with 70 percent of the buildings over 300 m (980 ft) in the world being built by Chinese companies. [ 5 ] The tallest building in China is currently the Shanghai Tower , located in the namesake city at a height of 632 m (2,073 ft); it is the third tallest building in the ...
Megascale engineering (or macro-engineering) [1] is a form of exploratory engineering concerned with the construction of structures on an enormous scale. [2] Typically these structures are at least 1,000 km (620 mi) in length—in other words, at least one megameter, hence the name.
Its subsidiary and listed company, China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited (CSCECL) (Chinese: 中国建筑股份有限公司) (SSE: 601668), was established in 2007. It was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2009 with its IPO price at RMB $4.18 per share .