This list of tallest buildings in Guangzhou lists skyscrapers in Guangzhou, China by height. The tallest building in Guangzhou is currently Guangzhou International Finance Center, which stands 440m (1,440ft) tall. It is also the forth tallest building in China and the eighth tallest in the world. Though generally not considered as a building, standing 600m (1,969ft) tall, Canton Tower is tallest structure in Guangzhou as well as in China. It is also the second tallest free-standing structure in the world, behind only Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo.
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