He hale kiaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa ʻo CITIC Tower ma nā pae hope loa o ke kūkulu ʻana aia ma ka ʻĀpana ʻOihana Waena o Beijing, ke kapikala o Kina. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo China Zun (Kina: 中国尊; pinyin: Zhōngguó Zūn). ʻO ka hale he 108 papahele, 528 m (1,732 kapuaʻi) ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma ke kūlanakauhale, e ʻoi aku ana ma mua o ka China World Trade Center Tower III ma 190 mika. Ma ʻAukake 18, 2016, ua ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o CITIC Tower ma mua o China World Trade Center Tower III, a lilo i hale kiʻekiʻe loa o Beijing. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ke kūkulu ʻana o ka hale kiaʻi ma Iulai 9, 2017, a ua hoʻopau piha ʻia ma ʻAukake 18, 2017, a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka lā hoʻopau i ka makahiki 2018.
ʻO ka inoa kapakapa ʻo China Zun mai ka zun, kahi ipu waina Kina kahiko i hoʻoulu i ka hoʻolālā hale, e like me ka ʻōlelo a nā mea hoʻomohala, ʻo ia ka CITIC Group. Ua mālama ʻia ka ʻaha hoʻokumu honua o ka hale ma Beijing ma Kepakemapa 19, 2011 a manaʻo nā mea kūkulu hale e hoʻopau i ka papahana i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki. Ma hope o ka pau ʻana, ʻo CITIC Tower ke kolu o ka hale kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka ʻĀkau o Kina ma hope o Goldin Finance 117 a me Chow Tai Fook Binhai Center ma Tianjin.
Na Farrells i hana i ka hoʻolālā manaʻo noi ʻāina o ka hale kiaʻi, me Kohn Pedersen Fox e lawe i ka papahana a hoʻopau i kahi kaʻina hana hoʻolālā manaʻo he 14 mau mahina ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana o ka mea kūʻai aku i ke noi.
He hale hoʻohana like ʻia ʻo China Zun Tower, me 60 papahele o nā keʻena, 20 papahele o nā hale noho hanohano a me 20 papahele o ka hōkele me 300 lumi, aia kahi māla ma luna o ka hale ma ka papahele kiʻekiʻe ma 524m ke kiʻekiʻe.