Canton Tower

The Canton Tower, or Guangzhou Tower (), officially the Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower (), is a -tall multi-purpose observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The tower was finished in 2009 and it was first turned on 29 September 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games.

The tower held the title of tallest tower in the world. It was the tallest structure in China before the Shanghai Tower was completed on 3 August 2013. It is now the second tallest tower in China and the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world.

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