Building fast
造楼快
A fast-growing middle class and an explosion in domestic travel means China needs hotels.
快速增长的中产阶级以及在国内旅游业的火爆意味着中国需要更多的酒店。
It's meeting the demand with the fastest, quirkiest and most impressive construction boom the world has ever seen.
而为了满足这个需求,世界上最快、最离奇、最令人印象深刻的建筑开始不断涌现。
Budget chain Hanting Inns boasts two hotel openings per day across China. The company expects to be the world's largest chain by 2020.
汉庭连锁酒店每天都预计会有两个连锁店开业。该公司预计,到2020年将成为世界上最大的连锁酒店。
Meanwhile, a 30-story hotel was created in 15 days in Hunan Province at a cost of $17 million. The construction company is now aiming to pull off the same feat in eight days.
与此同时,湖南省一家30层的参天酒店在15天内就拔地而起,耗资仅为1700万美元。建筑公司还计划在8天内完成同样的壮举。
It's not just the cheap and cheerful the country excels in.
不仅仅是价格便宜,建楼速度其他国家也望尘莫及。
Check out these outrageously glamorous hotels that can be visited in China right away.
去中国看看这些迷人的酒店吧,它们随处可见。