Jinmao Tower is situated in the golden area of Lujiazui Financial and Trade Zone in Pudong New District, which faces the famous Waitan on the other side of Huangpu River. Jinmao Tower is invested, constructed and administered by Shanghai Foreign Trade Center Stock Co. Ltd and designed by Chicago SOM Architecture Office, USA. It¡¯s as high as 420.5 meters, which is the third highest in the world and the highest building in China. The Tower covers an area of 23,000 square meters, with 3 stories underground, 88 stories above the ground and 6-story skirt-shaped rooms. The gross floor area reaches 290,000 square meters. Within the Tower, there are office buildings, Jingmao Kaiyue Hotel and sightseeing hall.