Largest Construction Projects In The World: China's Shanghai Tower Elevator Sets Record For Speed

China has seemingly been on a world record streak. From the world’s highest bridge to some of the tallest buildings in existence, the country is making history for structural advances at a break-neck speed.

But that pace is nothing compared to the world’s fastest elevator, the latest Chinese world record awarded by the Guinness World Records just ahead of the New Year.

The Shanghai Tower in China, installed by Mitsubishi Electric in early July of 2016, was originally announced as the world’s fastest elevator on Dec. 1, 2016, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. The building stands at around 2,073 feet. It has been ranked the world’s second tallest building, just behind the Burj Khalifa. The NexWay elevator spans 121 stories and reaches a speed of 42.8 mph, according to the Guinness World Record website.

Mitsubishi Electric first announced “the fastest elevator” in a release from May of 2016, boasting that the technology had indeed been developed to “achieve a speed of 1,230 meters per minute, or 20.5 meters per second,” or about 46 mph. The elevator was said to be able to even travel from a second-level basement floor all the way up to the 119th floor in a mere 53 seconds, according to the original release.

The world's tallest skyscrapers, from the Burj Khalifa in Dubai to the One World Trade building in New York, continue to reach dizzying heights of over one thousand feet and also feature some of the fastest elevators in the world. The elevator in the Burj Khalifa could reportedly reach the roof from the ground in one minute and 22 seconds (at full velocity) and runs at 22 mph, according to Business Insider.

China was also home to another speedy elevator, created by Hitachi for the city of Guangzhou, according to CNN. The CTF also has an elevator that can go from the ground to the 95th floor in about 45 seconds, flat.