New Century Global Center (Chinese: 新世纪环球中心) is a multipurpose building complex in Tianfu New Area, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
[1][2][4] Developed by billionaire Deng Hong's Entertainment and Travel Group (ETG), nearly 400,000 m2 (4,305,564 sq ft) of the building is devoted to shopping.
It also houses offices, conference rooms, a university complex, two commercial centers, hotels, an IMAX cinema, a "Mediterranean village", a pirate ship and an Olympic-size skating rink.
However, the businessman behind the project, Deng Hong, was arrested on corruption charges, and "given the potential for political humiliation," the conference was moved to the Shangri-La Hotel in Chengdu.
The opening was delayed until 22 August 2013, but was then scaled back after the arrest of more than 50 local government officials being detained in a series of overlapping investigations.