China's tallest building shapes Shanghai skyline

Chief engineer pursues efficiency, community, fun in skyscrapers

He built China's tallest skyscraper - as well as the world's second-highest one - but Ge Qing, chief engineer and architect of Shanghai Tower, isn't content with merely reshaping the city's skyline.

Ge and his team of more than 1,000 staff members are hoping the 632-meter structure, which officially opened in April, will improve the way people live and work in megacities such as Shanghai, whose population exceeds 24 million.