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Civic Center (Chinese:市民中心) is a government building Shenzhen, China. It is located within the Futian Central Business District and was constructed at a cost of CNY 2.172 billion. It contains, among others, a museum, a historical archive, a conferences room with a capacity of 2500 and government offices. It is 84.7 meters tall.
A feature of the building is its roof, which spans 486 meters and has a width of 154 meters. The roof is meant to represent the wings of a mythical bird similar to a roc named Dapeng (大鹏), which is also the name of the Dapeng Peninsula and a district in Shenzhen.
The architect is Li Mingyi and it was built by the Shenzhen QiXin Construction Group Co., Ltd. Construction started in late 1998 and was completed in May 2004.