Building Collapse Accident · Full chronicle and history

A viaduct nearing completion on the Cangyu Expressway section of the South Third Ring Road in Baoding, Hebei Province, collapsed, hitting vehicles driving underneath and leaving one truck driver and three construction workers injured.

According to a report by Sound of Hope, on October 17, 2026, the canopy of a bus stop in Dalian, Liaoning Province suddenly collapsed, hitting and injuring several passengers who were waiting for the bus. The specific casualties and the cause of the accident are still under further investigation.

On October 8, Hong Kong's Buildings Department confirmed that in a Starter Homes for Hong Kong Residents scheme project developed by CK Asset Holdings in collaboration with the HKSAR government, six residential towers had rebar configurations that deviated from the drawings, requiring remedial work or demolition and reconstruction.

On October 4, the Hong Kong Buildings Department confirmed in a notice that the rebar configuration of some floor slabs and beams at the luxury development ONE STANLEY did not match the approved drawings.

On July 16, the Qilinguan Tunnel on the Hubei section of China's G59 Expressway collapsed, with the cause suspected to be the absence of steel reinforcement. Netizens mocked the incident, saying, "The world-renowned 'infrastructure maniac' doesn't need steel to build tunnels."

On September 19, videos posted by netizens showed that the bottom of the foundation piles of an expressway bridge pier in Luodian County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, were severely hollowed out, with multiple load-bearing steel bars exposed and heavily rusted, sparking public concern over the safety of transportation infrastructure.

On September 15, a netizen uploaded a video repeatedly poking the damaged ceiling at Phase II of Yuelu Qingcheng in Huaihua, Hunan with a wooden stick, with dust and debris falling one after another, calling it a tofu-dreg project, more fragile than tofu.

A Ugandan mayor inspected a project contracted by China Communications Construction Company, and the program said he criticized problems with the project's quality.

On August 25, 2026, the asphalt road surface at an intersection in Baigou, Baoding, Hebei, suffered a large-scale rupture and collapse, forming a huge deep pit that occupied more than half of the intersection. Relevant departments arrived at the scene to set up barriers and carry out maintenance.

On August 18, 2026, reports circulated online that a major safety accident occurred when a wall collapsed at a college admission banquet venue in Gong County, Yibin, Sichuan, killing at least six people and seriously injuring several others, with emergency responders rushing to the scene.

On August 12, 2026, affected by heavy rainfall, a wall in the underground parking garage of Yuhuwan Linxi Community in Xuchang, Henan suddenly collapsed, and a large amount of accumulated water and mud surged in, completely flooding the garage.

On August 11, 2026, a severe water leak occurred in the ceiling on the fourth floor of Yuanda Shopping Mall in Changchun, Jilin, followed by a large-scale collapse and fall, leaving a large amount of building materials and accumulated water scattered at the scene.

On August 10, 2026, hit by the strong winds and rain of Typhoon "White Dolphin," netizens in multiple locations in Zhejiang posted videos showing that the facades of multiple high-rise residential buildings in the area had peeled off over large areas, with the internal insulation layers and walls exposed.

The famous iron lion, a cultural relic standing for over 1,000 years, has been broken beyond recognition after experts carried out multiple erroneous preservation measures over the past nearly 60 years.

On July 15, 2026, reports circulated online that a flood control levee in Santai County, Mianyang City, Sichuan had already suffered serious structural fractures and gaps before the flood peak arrived, raising local residents' concerns about the quality of flood control engineering and flood discharge safety.

On July 15, 2026, the iconic “Sincerity Tripod” landmark at the Nan Market in Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning, collapsed and was destroyed after heavy rain. Its interior was found to be filled with a structure pieced together from thin sheet iron, prompting netizens to mock it as a fake vanity project.

Shenyang's "Midea Times City" collapsed following a heavy rainstorm; the residential complex was built about 7 years ago. Residents reported that community workers and police instructed occupants not to post photos and videos of the scene.

Heavy rain in Shenyang caused the retaining wall of an underground parking garage to collapse. On-site videos show the collapsed wall was allegedly backfilled with construction waste.

On July 13, 2026, heavy rainstorms hit Shenyang in Liaoning, causing a retaining wall of an underground garage to collapse. Footage from the scene showed the collapsed wall was packed with large amounts of backfilled construction debris, raising suspicions of shoddy workmanship and corner-cutting in the project.

An archway at the Nanxin Village market in Qufu City, Shandong Province, collapsed. Official reports state that 7 people were injured and sent to the hospital, and 1 person died after rescue efforts failed. However, unofficial sources claim the actual death toll is higher.

On June 17, 2026, quality problems were exposed at key projects along the Shandong Jiwei Expressway, where concrete bases could be snapped apart by hand. Local authorities announced that a joint investigation team had been stationed on site and a third party commissioned to conduct comprehensive testing.

A large section of the exterior wall insulation of a high-rise building at the Wuzhou International Residential Complex in Taocheng District, Hengshui City, suddenly detached, crashing onto the road and a nearby kindergarten. The person who posted the video was subsequently pressured by the local government to hide the content.

The newly renovated Novi Sad railway station in Serbia, which involved Chinese-funded enterprises in its construction, collapsed, killing over a dozen people. The government subsequently chose to cover up the incident, with no one held accountable.

According to a report dated April 12, 2020 republished on the Yueyang County government website, Huaihua Hongling Qingcheng Real Estate Co., Ltd., the construction unit of the Yuelu Qingcheng project, was entered into the serious misconduct record for refusing to implement relevant rectification or work suspension notices.