The largest shopping center in the world is located in Dongguan, China's Guandong Province. The center opened in 2005 and occupies 660,000 sq meters. The second largest is the Golden Resources Shopping Mall in Beijing. The five-floor building has 557,000 sq meters of floor space and opened in 2004.

Four of the world's largest shopping malls are in China, including the two largest, according to a new list published on the Forbes website.

The largest shopping center in the world is located in Dongguan, China's Guandong Province. The center opened in 2005 and occupies 660,000 sq meters.

The second largest is the Golden Resources Shopping Mall in Beijing. The five-floor building has 557,000 sq meters of floor space and opened in 2004.

The other two shopping malls in China on the Forbes list are also in Beijing and Guangzhou and both opened in 2005. The Beijing mall covers 310,000 sq meters, while the other covers 280,000 sq meters.

Eight of the malls on the list were in Asia. The construction work on six of the malls only finished in the last 3 years.

(CRIENGLISH.com March 2, 2007)