2007年1月9日上午，一名中國日報記者喺施工工地準備影起緊嘅上海環球金融中心嘅相嘅時候，俾工地保安夾硬制止咗，跟住又嚟咗幾個保安，對佢進行毆打，呢位記者當時就講「工人們都話，平時好多外國人路經呢度影相都無人出嚟阻，中國人嚟反而反而捱打」，後尾經過浦東警方協調，工地保安負責人出面向高姓記者致歉，並達成調解協議。呢單嘢發生後進一步喺網絡平臺上掀起波瀾，甚至連關於「抵制」環球嘅聲音都有埋，不過普通街坊就唔係好關注呢單嘢，仲舊期待緊「 世界第一高樓」。
On the morning of January 9, 2007, when a reporter from China Daily was preparing to take a photo of the Shanghai World Financial Center at the construction site, the site security guard stopped him, and then several more security guards came and beat him, the reporter said at the time, "The workers also said that many foreigners pass by here to take pictures and no one comes out to disturb them, but the Chinese are beaten instead." Later, after the coordination of the Pudong police, the person in charge of the security of the construction site came forward to apologize to the reporter surnamed Gao and reached a mediation agreement. After the occurrence of this single thing, it further made waves on the online platform, and even there were voices about "boycotting" the world, but ordinary neighbors did not pay much attention to this single thing, and they were still looking forward to "the world's tallest building".