The Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world, was topped out in Lujiazui, Pudong, on Aug 3.

The tower, which is projected to be completed and put into operation in 2015, is 632 meters high and has 125 stories. It has a total floor area of 410,000 square meters. Integrating office, luxury hotel, entertainment and retail space, the tower will become an invigorating landmark in Shanghai and will attract a number of famous multinational companies.

"The Shanghai Tower will be a building for corporate headquarters and a standing Wall Street," said Wang Hua, deputy director of the management committee of Lujiazui finance and trade district. It is estimated that over 30,000 people will work, sightsee, shop or register at hotels here daily.

With the topping out of the Shanghai Tower, the Lujiazui trio will together be the driving force for the financial district and for all of Shanghai. To some extent, the three skyscrapers represent the three phases of Lujiazui's development. The Jin Mao Tower represents the first phase, the reorganization of the buildings constructed by State-owned enterprises; the Shanghai World Financial Center symbolizes the second phase, the introduction of foreign capital into Lujiazui; and the Shanghai Tower denotes a creative and innovative age, where the industrial ecology of Lujiazui will be diversified and the industrial functions will be strengthened, according to Wang Hua.

The Shanghai Tower is a long-term construction project by the Shanghai municipal government. As early as 1993, when Pudong began to reform and open-up, the place where the Shanghai Tower, the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center are now located was chosen for development as a supertall skyscraper complex.