Landmark Building in Shanghai Celebrates 20th Birthday

　　Jinmao Tower, an 88-story landmark building in Shanghai's Lujiazui area, started operation on March 19, 1999. [Photo by Zheng Xianzhang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Standing at 420.5 meters, it was the tallest building in China from 1998, when it was completed, to 2007. [Photo by Zheng Xianzhang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

　　A Chinese parachutist jumped off the Jinmao Tower during a performance in this file photo. [Photo by Zheng Xianzhang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

　　The building contains a shopping mall, offices and the Grand Hyatt Shanghai hotel, which at the time of completion was the highest hotel in the world. [Photo by Zheng Xianzhang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

　　The building is located on a 24,000-square-meter plot of land in Lujiazui of Pudong New Area. [Photo by Zheng Xianzhang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Jinmao Tower was surpassed by the 492-meter Shanghai World Financial Center in 2007 and the 632-meter Shanghai Tower in 2015. The three buildings create the world's first trio of adjacent supertall skyscrapers. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Its postmodern form draws on traditional Chinese architecture such as the tiered pagoda. [Photo by Zheng Xianzhang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Jinmao Tower is part of the Lujiazui skyline seen from the Bund, along with the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Shanghai Tower. [Photo by Zheng Xianzhang/for chinadaily.com.cn]