Best buildings named

Netizens and experts have named 10 constructions that represent the future of China's architecture. Sun Yuanqing reports.

Ten buildings that represent the future of Chinese urban architecture have been selected from a pool of more than 1,000 competitors by the Architecture and Culture Society of China and Peking University. Among them are the National Stadium, aka the Bird's Nest, the Jin Mao Tower and the Canton Tower. Three buildings that are still to be completed are also on the list: the Central Park Plaza in Beijing, the Shanghai Tower and the China Zun, a skyscraper in the central business district of Beijing.

The selection, 40 percent of which is decided by netizens' vote and the rest by an expert panel, aims to promote architecture that will improve urban development in China.