On 1^st October 2010, Canton Tower has opened to public the first time after 6 years of construction ready for the 16^th Asian Game. It was named after the European name of Guang Zhou city. This unique design tower is the fantastic idea of designers from Information Based Architecture and Arup which has won the international design of tower competition. The idea of the design is to build a “twist” building, which is different from all the traditional looks of towers. Canton Tower is described as a “female tower” for its curvy and gracious look. This beautiful building has 108 floors and high 600m. It was the only building which is taller than the Toronto CN Tower at the time.

The tower has nearly 200 m open-air skywalk where people can experience the climb, also there are out door gardens and observation desk at the top floor where visitors can enjoy the beautiful scene of Guang Zhou. The building also equipped with other facilities such as TV and radio transmission, restaurants, exhibition spaces, conference rooms, shops, 4D cinemas etc. One of the special points of this tower is that there are high and low speed lifts available.

Canton tower is also famous for its special architectural lighting design. During the night time, the tower bright up the city with the wonderful color LED light. Each node of the light is control individually to form a smooth glow along the tower.