In China, the world's largest building has officially opened

Beijing - China has officially opened another of its series of buildings adorned with superlatives. It stands in the fourteen-million-strong city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, and is named New Century Global Center. According to Chinese officials, it is the "largest standalone building in the world," reported the news server CNN today.
    While the term "largest in the world" typically evokes the image of a skyscraper, this project is not very tall. But it is certainly very large. It measures 500 meters in length, 400 meters in width, and 100 meters in height; the building with a total area of 1.7 million square meters could accommodate twenty times the Sydney Opera House and almost three times the American Pentagon.
    The Global Center houses offices, hotels, cinemas, shopping malls, a fake Mediterranean village and family attractions including a water park called Paradise Island. It was built in a brand-new planned district of Chengdu. The city is constantly developing, currently expanding its metro and planning to build a new airport by 2020.