China's wealthiest village builds 328m skyscraper to celebrate anniversary

One of China's wealthiest villages, Huaxi, has built a 328 metre tall skyscraper in celebration of its 50thanniversary.

The Longxi International Hotel cost a colossal £300million to build and is taller than France's Eiffel Tower.

China is no stranger to very tall buildings, already boasting at least ten structures that are larger than the Huaxi skyscraper.

However, these super buildings are all in major cities and are not normally built in villages. Huaxi has become the first rural area on the planet to have its very own skyscraper.

The village is located in east China's Jiangsu province and has expanded rapidly over recent years. It has gone from a population of around 1,600 in the 1960s to one of 50,000, today.

It has been labelled the 'model socialist village', with the new super structure being funded by 200 hundred village households, to the tune of £1million each.

'The building is a symbol of collectivism,' said Zhou Li, Huaxi's deputy Communist Party secretary.

Former party secretary Wu Renbao, who presided over Huaxi during its initial boom period, is confident that that the new hotel will benefit the area, he added: 'This skyscraper will give us the edge.'

'No other village has one, and 3,000 people can work there. The next five years is critical, we are going to go from village to city.'


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