Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters
China has been on a construction spree for the past decade or so like no country in the world. From highways to bridges to buildings, the whole country is embarking on projects on a break-neck speed.
Let's take a look at some of these instant buildings in China.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
Labourers install a steel pillar at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province. The structure is an example of streamlined construction being pioneered by China's Broad Sustainable Building.
Over the last decade China has seen one of the biggest construction booms in history to house a surging urban population and an expanding industrial sector. But with that construction have come worries about environmental destruction, waste and shoddy buildings. Zhang Yue, Broad Group's Founder and Chairman, argues that his buildings represent just the opposite.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
A labourer installs a steel pillar as rain falls at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
Labourers work at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: Terril Yue Jones/Reuters
Labourers flatten the concrete inside a module at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
Labourers stand under a plastic sheet to take cover from the rain at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
Labourers take cover from the rain under a plastic sheet at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: Terril Yue Jones/Reuters
Labourers install the steel frames of a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: Broad Group/Handout/Reuters
A view of the three-storey D3 cafeteria under construction by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: Broad Group/Handout/Reuters
A view of the three-storey D3 cafeteria under construction by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: Broad Group/Handout/Reuters
A view of the three-storey D3 cafeteria under construction by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
Cranes lift slabs onto steel pillars at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
A labourer walks past steel pillars at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
Labourers work at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: Broad Group/Handout/Reuters
A view of the three-storey D3 cafeteria under construction by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: Broad Group/Handout/Reuters
A view of the three-storey D3 cafeteria constructed by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: Broad Group/Handout/Reuters
A combination photo shows the progress (from top to bottom) of constructing the three-storey D3 cafeteria by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
A slab is lifted onto steel pillars at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
Labourers and cranes work at a construction site of the three-storey D3 cafeteria built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
Trash cans are tagged in different colours for waste segregation inside the 30-storey T30 Hotel built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
A swimming pool is seen inside the fitness club of the 30-storey T30 Hotel built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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Amazing PHOTOS capture 'instant buildings' in China
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
A worker walks past the 30-storey T30 Hotel built by the Broad Group in Yueyang, Hunan province.
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