There are many critics of the Skycity and broad group:
- political allies of other builders who would lose business if broad group had runaway commercial success with construction methods that are faster and lower cost
- workers who would lose work to a more efficient pre-fabrication process
- city officials could see fewer payoffs for buildings that are put up in months instead of years
- china critics who want to see china fail and who want to view the construction of an audacious skyscraper as a sign that china has overextended