The construction process
   In the early 1950s, the Chinese government on the planning of Chang'an Avenue, on the idea of a National Theatre building, Zhou Enlai instructions to the best address is in Tiananmen Square west. Last not implemented due to financial reasons.

   1958 - CPC Central Committee decided that in order to meet the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Top Ten Construction Achievements of the founding of the People's Republic of China in the capital city of Beijing was built a number of large public buildings.
   National Grand Theater of the Cultural Revolution, the reasons have been unable to start.
   1990 - Ministry of Culture set up the Preparatory Office of the National Grand Theater to carry out preliminary work.
   1993 - proposed feasibility study report to the argument of the three building programs:
   The first is 120000 square meters three Grand Theatre, a small theater; second 97,000 square meters with two Grand Theatre, a small theater; third 105,000 square meters with three Grand Theatre. Final recommendations of the program with a total construction area of 100,000 square meters of three large theater a theater.
   1996 - the Party's Sixth Plenary Session of the 14th there are plans to build the country's theaters.
   September 1997 - Politburo Standing Committee decided to build national theater.
   December 1997 - five design units 7 design.
   April 1998 - the State Council approved the construction of the National Grand Theatre project to the beginning of its construction program is estimated competition. Invited 17 self-register 19, a total of 44 programs. The first round of finalists: 5; the second round of judging the results of five finalists: (November 1998), in which the three Sino-foreign joint program changes. Ultimately proposed three options. Eventually decided to adopt the program of the Paris airport design company, Tsinghua University, with the modified.

National Theatre
The world's largest dome
   Steel throughout the shell of the National Grand Theater, weighing 6475 tons, the thing to the long axis of the span of 212.2 meters, since 2011, it is the world's largest dome.
The world's deepest building
   The National Theatre underground depths of -32.5 m, the equivalent of deepened digging depth of 10 floors, as of 2011, is the deepest building.
Asia's largest pipe organ
   The concert hall pipe organ from 6500 Blom As of 2011, is Asia's largest organ, the cost of 30 million yuan.