The Ring of Life (simplified chinese: 生命之环; pinyin: shēngmìng zhī huán) is a 515-foot (157 m) landmark built in the city of Fushun, China.[1]
The landmark is built with an observation deck accessible by elevator, as well as 12,000 LED lights.[2] Having abandoned local entertainment projects due to the small local population, urban planners settled on building a sightseeing landmark instead in order to attract a tourist industry to the region.[3] The structure uses approximately 3,000 tons of steel and cost an estimated $16M U.S. dollars.[4]