• The Mandarin term “健力士世界纪录大全” is a combination of the transliteration and paraphrase of the English name “Guinness World Records”.
• In 1954, the chairman of Guinness Brewery, Sir Hugh Beaver, began entertaining the idea of having a “Guinness World Records” when he recalled a dispute that had broken out at a bird hunting event some years before.
• The Guinness World Records were officially created in 1955, and an edition of the Guinness World Records (originally the Guinness Book of Records) is published every year.
• Those who wish to apply to be listed in the Guinness World Records must meet six conditions: The feat must be measurable, breakable, standardisable, verifiable, based on one variable, and the best in the world that no one has bettered.
• The Guinness World Records has been published in more than 20 languages around the world.
• Since independence, Singapore has set more than 170 Guinness World Records. The Westin Stamford Hotel (now known as Swissotel The Stamford), designed by famed architect I.M. Pei and opened in 1986, set a record as the world’s tallest hotel at 73 floors and a height of 226.1 metres. This was Singapore’s first Guinness World Record.
• On 28 June 2014, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s performance, “Our People, Our Music 2014”, set two world records: the world’s largest Chinese orchestra (single venue), and the world’s largest Chinese drum ensemble.

The 2018 edition of the Guinness World Records has been released, and You Jianxia from Jiangsu, China, is now the person with the longest eyelashes in the world. (Lianhe Zaobao, 8/9/2017)

吉尼斯世界纪录 (Mainland China, Hong Kong), 金氏纪录 (Taiwan)