Functional orientation of international financial center

The first phase of the International Financial Center (Guo Jin Phase I) is an office building with a height of 2 10 meters, which is the first part of the International Financial Center. Completed in 65,438+0998, with 38 floors above ground and 4 floors underground, with a construction area of 72,850 square meters. Four trading halls are rented by large financial institutions. The main tenants of the first phase of the International Finance Center include the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (12nd floor), the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (5th floor) and Fuchang Financial Group (27th and 32nd floors).

International Finance Center Phase II

The second phase building of the International Finance Center is 88 stories high and 420 meters high. The total construction area is 200,000 square meters, with concrete112,000 cubic meters, structural steel of 28,000 tons, steel bar18,000 tons and glass curtain wall1/0,000 pieces, weighing 9,000 tons. During the construction period, 2000 workers work on the site every day, and a floor is built every three days. Now that the building is completed, the 88th floor office floor can accommodate 15000 people. 62 elevators extend the building in all directions, and it takes about one minute to get to the top floor by elevator.

IFC Phase II, with a height of 415.8m, is the second tallest building in Hong Kong (the first is the World Trade Center, with a height of 490m) and the sixth tallest building in the world. It was completed in 2003. Generally speaking, it has 88 floors above ground, but in fact, the building structure (blueprint) has 90 floors and 6 floors underground, with a building area of 18. Its exterior design is similar to that of Guo Jin Phase I, with glass curtain walls on the exterior walls, crown and ivory decoration on the top floor, and projector lighting at night. The headquarters of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is located in the second phase of the International Financial Center, which was purchased by HKMA from the developer for nearly HK$ 3.7 billion on April 5438+0, 2006. * * *14th floor office buildings, including the top floor, have been criticized by some people for wasting public funds. At present, HKMA has 340,000 square feet of floors, located on the 55th to 56th floors and the 77th to 88th floors respectively. Some floors are leased to the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited, the Bank for International Settlements and other relevant financial institutions. The office of the Chief Executive of HKMA, Joseph Yam, is located on the 88th floor and can be accessed by private elevator to enhance security and privacy.

The main tenants of the second phase of IFC include Nomura Group, Huaping, UBS Group AG, Ernst & Young, State Street, Financial Times, BNP Paribas, CMC Markets, China Construction Bank (Asia) (moving out) and Songri Holdings (HKEx: 280).

IFC mall

IFC Mall has four floors above ground and covers an area of 800,000 square feet. Connect to the lobby of Hong Kong Station of Airport Express, and connect with the other three parts of the international financial center. There are more than 200 international brands, including Apple Store, which has its new headquarters in Lane Crawford, C! Taishi supermarket, papyrus gift shop, etc. There are also many restaurants in the shopping center, including Liyuan restaurant.

The shopping center has a cinema palace international financial center, which belongs to Broadway cinema management. The Palace International Financial Center has five 544-seat cinemas and a coffee shop.

In the shopping center of the international financial center

Bars and small bookstores and other facilities, and is the first cinema in Hong Kong to provide wireless Internet access. In addition to new movies, cinemas regularly show classic nostalgic movies to attract movie lovers.

Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong

Hong Kong Four Seasons Hotel is the hotel part of the international financial center and the last phase of the international financial center. It was managed by Four Seasons Hotel Group and opened in September 2005.

Season hui

Four Seasons Plaza is a serviced suite hotel, located next to Four Seasons Hotel, providing six-star hotel services.