A photo taken on Nov. 29, 2008 shows China's tallest building, Shanghai World Financial Center, a 632-meter skyscraper called the Shanghai Center(R). Construction began at Saturday. The center will be taller than the other two most famous skyscrapers in Shanghai, the 420.5-meter-tall Jin Mao Tower and the 492-meter-tall Shanghai World Financial Center, all located in the central financial district of Lujiazui. The new building will be completed in 2014, costing more than 14.8 billion yuan (about US$2.2 billion).[Xinhua]
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