Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center One will be one of the top 20 tallest buildings in the world to be completed in 2021, with a height of 458 meters. 

The Launch Ceremony of Chongqing International Business District and the Center was held on December 23.

As a lighthouse project of the District, the Center will be 458-meter high, with the building area totaling around 500,000 square meters. It encompasses Class A+ office buildings, a comprehensive shopping center, hotels, etc.

The effect image of Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center One. (picture from Chongqing Release)

During the ceremony, the Chongqing Port and Logistics Office and the Center signed a strategic agreement, signaling that they will jointly help Chongqing comprehensively integrate into the construction of the Belt and Road, build a platform for international and regional communication and cooperation, and accelerate the development of an inland international logistics hub and a major port.

The project construction site of Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Center 1. (picture from Chongqing Release)

"Yuzhong District has been giving full play to advantages introduced by China (Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone and China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity," said Huang Yulin, Secretary of Communist Party of China Yuzhong District Committee. "Based on the District's participation in the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, it intensifies the connection between foreign trade and foreign investment, unlocks trade and investment, and comprehensively improves its capability in opening-up."

According to Huang, the next step is to keep introducing investment to the Center, sending out Chongqing's International Business District's business card to the world.

The next step is to keep introducing investment to the Center, sending out Chongqing's International Business District's business card. (picture from Chongqing Release)