Is the JD Shanghai headquarters building leaning? Official announcement

date
17/05/2026
On May 16th, according to reports from Kankan News, some netizens reflected that the JD.com Shanghai headquarters building is "tilted". Reporters saw on the scene that the top of the building scaffolding did tilt indeed. On May 17th, the Putuo District Construction Engineering Safety and Quality Supervision Station released a situation bulletin stating that on the afternoon of May 16th at 17:15, an abnormality occurred on the outer frame of a tower crane at a construction site under construction by the 8th Construction Division of China Construction in Fuping Road, Putuo District. The outer steel mesh on the side deformed. At present, it is preliminarily judged that the main structure is normal. There were no casualties on site. Currently, the construction site involved has been suspended, and the investigation of the cause of the accident and the subsequent disposal are being carried out in an orderly manner.