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The Ritz-Carlton, Harbin
Harbin, China · Ritz-Carlton · Grand Luxury
The Ritz-Carlton, Harbin occupies Tower 1 of the R&F Fuli Center, a 270-metre landmark whose facade is modelled on the ice-cracking patterns of the Songhua River. It opened in 2021 as the brand's first house in Northeast China, looking over the river that freezes solid enough each January to host the world's largest ice sculpture festival.
- 368 rooms
- Opened 2021
- Neighborhood: Daoli
- Architect: Leo A Daly
- Interiors: Hirsch Bedner Associates
About The Ritz-Carlton, Harbin
- The R&F Fuli Center facade was designed to evoke the cracking patterns of Songhua River ice, a 270-metre skin aimed at Harbin's winter identity.
- The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival on the Songhua below is the world's largest of its kind; the 2024 edition covered 81 hectares and drew over a million visitors, including a 30-metre ice replica of Saint Basil's Cathedral.
- FLAIR, the bar on the 56th floor, looks down on the Songhua's freeze and thaw; in winter the river becomes a 1.2-metre-thick platform used for ice roads.
History
The Ritz-Carlton, Harbin opened in late 2021 as the brand's first property in Northeast China, in Tower 1 of the 57-storey R&F Fuli Center on West Youyi Road in Daoli. Architect Leo A Daly modelled the 270-metre facade on the fracture patterns of Songhua River ice; Hirsch Bedner Associates did the interiors. The tower looks over the river that freezes each winter for the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, the world's largest of its kind. FLAIR, the bar on the 56th floor, sits high enough to watch the freeze and thaw.
The setting
The Ritz-Carlton, Harbin crowns the upper floors of the 57-storey R&F Fuli Center at No. 660 West Youyi Road in Daoli District, a 270-metre landmark anchoring the Songhua River's most prestigious hospitality corridor. Youyi Road, long the address of riverside diplomatic establishments and flagship hotels, places the property steps from the riverfront promenade and a short drive from Zhongyang Pedestrian Street, Harbin's celebrated 1.4-kilometre promenade of Baroque and Renaissance facades. A neighbour luxury property occupies the same block, cementing this stretch of Daoli as an undisputed luxury enclave, while the tower's elevated rooms command sweeping panoramas of the frozen Songhua in winter and the illuminated waterfront in summer.
Restaurants and bars
- Manor 54 — Restaurant
- King Wong Heen — Restaurant · Cantonese
- The Lobby Lounge — Café
- FLAIR — Restaurant
Amenities
- indoor pool
- spa
- fitness center
- Club Lounge
- kids program
- 24-hour room service
- concierge
- business center
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Recommended (2026)
- 2025 Forbes Travel Guide Verified Responsible Hospitality
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