Timeline of Tallest Buildings
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Shanghai.
| Name | Street address | Years as tallest | Height |
Floors | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace Hotel | 20 Nanjing Road East | 1929–1934 | 77 / 253 | 13 | |
| Park Hotel | 170 Nanjing West Road | 1934–1983 | 84 / 275 | 22 | |
| Shanghai Hotel | 505 Wulumuqi Road North | 1983–1985 | 91 / 299 | 27 | |
| Union Friendship Tower | — | 1985–1988 | 106 / 348 | 30 | |
| Jin Jiang Tower | 161 Changle Road | 1988–1990 | 153 / 502 | 46 | |
| The Portman Ritz-Carlton | 1376 Nanjing Xi Lu | 1990–1995 | 165 / 541 | 48 | |
| China Merchants Tower | Lujiazui Central Financial District | 1995–1996 | 186 / 610 | 38 | |
| King Tower | Xin Jin Qiao Rd | 1996–1998 | 212 / 696 | 38 | |
| Jin Mao Tower | 88 Century Boulevard | 1998–2007 | 421 / 1,380 | 88 | |
| Shanghai World Financial Center | Century Boulevard | 2007–present | 492 / 1,614 | 101 |
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