China limits construction of 'super high-rise buildings'
China has restricted smaller cities in the country from building "super high-rise buildings", as part of a larger bid to crack down on vanity projects.
The country is home to some of the world's highest buildings, including Shanghai Tower, which has 128 floors.
Local reports also questioned the need for low-density cities to build skyscrapers, suggesting they were built for vanity and not practicality.
There is already an existing ban on buildings taller than 500 metres.
The announcement was mostly met with approval on Chinese social media site Weibo, with many stating that the super-high skyscrapers were "not needed... they're just gimmicky".
Earlier this year the country issued a ban on "ugly architecture".
"We're in a stage where people are too impetuous and anxious to produce something that can actually go down in history," Zhang Shangwu, deputy head of Tongji University's College of Architecture and Urban Planning had earlier told the South China Morning Post.
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