The Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square in Beijing was led by chief architect Zhang Bo, and the winning design is credited to Zhao Dongri and Shen Qi. The article names no client and says the politburo made the decision in August 1958. The infobox says it opened in September 1959, and the text says it was fully completed on the night of September 9, 1959.
The article names no style. It has colored marble floors and walls and white marble pillars. The building is 1,168 feet (356 m) long, 677 feet (206.5 m) wide and 153 feet (46.5 m) at its highest point, with 1.85 million square feet (171,801 m²) of floor space.
It closed during the Cultural Revolution and reopened to the public on July 15, 1979. It hosts the annual National People's Congress and CPPCC sessions in March, and admission fees are charged for tourists. The article gives no hours.
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