[7] According to Der Spiegel, the design of the Wangjing SOHO has been pirated,[4] by the Meiquan 22nd Century building (美全22世纪) located in the Chinese city of Chongqing.

[1][4] Ohashi mentioned that Zaha Hadid Architects had taken legal measures against Chongqing Meiquan Properties Ltd.[6] Yet You Yunting, a lawyer practising in Shanghai, specialising in intellectual property cases, and founder of an online journal covering Chinese copyright laws, had found that great similarities existed between the two projects and that there was a good legal case for the Zaha Architects to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against the other company.

He also mentioned that: "But even if the judge rules in favor of SOHO, the court will not force the defendant to pull the building down.

During the press conference the Chinese Intellectual Property commission was present and issued a report at the end of the event.

[6] The developer of the Chongqing Meiquan project later wrote in the company blog: “Never meant to copy, only want to surpass.”[9][10] Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas told Der Spiegel that the rapid growth of Chinese cities has led to the appearance of architects who "copy and paste" architectural elements from other designs and create new composite designs.