Shanghai IFC

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Shanghai International Finance Center
Shanghai IFC in 2012 (with Shanghai Tower under construction in the background).
General information
Status	Completed
Location	Pudong, Shanghai, China
Coordinates	31°14′11″N 121°30′04″E / 31.2365°N 121.5011°E / 31.2365; 121.5011
Construction started	2006
Completed	2009 (South Tower) 2010 (North Tower)
Opened	1 January 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01-01)
Inaugurated	1 January 2011
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	上海國際金融中心
Simplified Chinese	上海国际金融中心
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shànghǎi Guójì Jīnróng Zhōngxīn
Shanghai IFC
Traditional Chinese	上海國金中心
Simplified Chinese	上海国金中心
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shànghǎi Guójīn Zhōngxīn

Shanghai International Finance Center, usually abbreviated as Shanghai IFC, is a commercial building complex and a shopping center (branded Shanghai IFC mall was officially opened to public on 28 April 2010) located at 8 Century Avenue, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China.^[1] It incorporates two tower blocks at 249.9 metres (820 ft) (south tower) and 259.9 metres (853 ft) (north tower) housing offices and a hotel, and an 85-metre (279 ft) tall multi-storey building behind and between the two towers.

Shanghai IFC is located in Lujiazui, in Pudong, Shanghai. It occupies a prominent position southeast of the Lujiazui roundabout, diagonally across from the Oriental Pearl Tower and across the road from Super Brand Mall. It is adjacent to Lujiazui Station on Metro Line 2, and can be accessed directly from the underground station via a tunnel.

The south tower of Shanghai IFC and part of the multistorey building was completed in 2009, while the north tower and the rest of the complex was completed in 2010. Work continued for several years afterwards on peripheral aspects of the development, including landscaping and footbridge connections to nearby buildings and Lujiazui Central Park.

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel occupies the south tower, while the north tower houses the Shanghai headquarters of HSBC in China. Other prominent tenants of the complex include an Apple Store under the sunken forecourt of the building (topped by a cylindrical glass skylight rising from the forecourt), a multi-screen cinema, and a Citysuper supermarket. The remainder of the retail area is largely taken up by upscale chain restaurants and international luxury fashion brands.

Shanghai IFC, like its sister project the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong, was developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties.

Shanghai International Financial Center was officially opening ceremony by China's top leader, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party's Hu Jintao on New Year's Day 2011.