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The Ping An Finance Centre is the second-tallest building in China and the tallest in the country ’ s tech and industrial centre of Shenzhen . Standing 599.1 metres tall , its design is both aesthetically striking and practical , as the streamlined shape of the tower improves both structural and wind performance , reducing baseline wind loads by 35 %. The building is designed to be hyper-dense , and intrinsically connected to the surrounding commercial and residential properties , as well as nearby high-speed rail links . According to the Skyscraper Centre , the tower is adorned by the largest stainless steel façad in the world to date , using a total of 1,700 tons of stainless steel . The Ping An Financial Centre has 115 floors above ground and five below . constructionglobal . com