http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/ News and articles on worldwide property and real estate investment in China en-GB http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-property-market-recovery-expected-second-half-2009_97322.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-property-market-recovery-expected-second-half-2009_97322.html The property market in China will start to recover in the second half of 2009 aided by government policy changes and rising investment demand, analysts claim... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/chinese-shares-up-1-05-after-large-rate-cut_97329.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/chinese-shares-up-1-05-after-large-rate-cut_97329.html Chinese equities closed 1.05 percent higher on Thursday in response to an unusually large interest rate cut, but they gave up some gains due to profit-taking... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-s-central-bank-cuts-rates_95952.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-s-central-bank-cuts-rates_95952.html China's central bank cuts the country's interest rates for the fourth time since mid-September in order to stimulate growth... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/gaw-capital-raise-$1-5-billion-for-chinese-real-estate_96448.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/gaw-capital-raise-$1-5-billion-for-chinese-real-estate_96448.html Gaw Capital plans to raise a $1.5 billion fund to invest in Chinese real estate. It is planning to develop middle class and mass market residential property in secondary cities such as Chongqing... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/air-china-announces-australian-expansion-plans_96449.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/air-china-announces-australian-expansion-plans_96449.html Air China has announced plans to further expand its presences in the Australian market with an increase in frequencies to Sydney and Melbourne, and the possible introduction of a new destination in... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/suzhou-xushuguan-economic-development-zone_96451.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/suzhou-xushuguan-economic-development-zone_96451.html Suzhou Xushuguan Economic Development Zone is one of the first four Chinese Industrial parks open to APEC members and one of the first ISO14000-certified industrial estates in China... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/world-bank-cuts-china-gdp-forecast-crisis-bites_94752.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/world-bank-cuts-china-gdp-forecast-crisis-bites_94752.html If you are dumbfounded by the amount of money the federal government is pouring into the private sector to ease the nation's financial crisis, click ahead for a big-budget ride through time... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/boeing’s-china-jv-launches-$21-million-expansion-tianjin_95124.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/boeing’s-china-jv-launches-$21-million-expansion-tianjin_95124.html Boeing's aircraft parts joint venture in China launched an expansion project in Tianjin, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing the U.S. aircraft maker. The 21-million-U.S.-dollar... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/more-help-likely-for-ailing-chinese-property-market_93964.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/more-help-likely-for-ailing-chinese-property-market_93964.html China is likely to roll out more measures before long to stimulate demand for housing, but recovery in the all-important property market is unlikely for another year. Nationwide urban real estate... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/shanghai-airport-group-says-may-miss-volume-target_93965.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/shanghai-airport-group-says-may-miss-volume-target_93965.html According to a senior executive the parent of Shanghai International Airport may fall short of its 2008 passenger volume target as the faltering global economy dents air traffic demand... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/manufacturing-wind-power-machines-urumqi_93967.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/manufacturing-wind-power-machines-urumqi_93967.html Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone is the home of XJ Gold Wind Science & Technology which is making a 2.5 megawatt wind power generator which is already in the prototype trial-man... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/real-estate-funds-look-rare-opportunities-chinese-property-market_90674.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/real-estate-funds-look-rare-opportunities-chinese-property-market_90674.html International real estate funds are seeking partnership with developers in China in what is seen as a rare chance to get into an emerging market at a bargain rate... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/guangdong-bolster-growth-rural-resources-for-new-zones_90812.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/guangdong-bolster-growth-rural-resources-for-new-zones_90812.html Guangdong province in south China has pledged to invest more than RMB40 billion ($5.86 billion) to build infrastructure projects, industrial development zones, in the province's rural areas... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/more-mid-range-high-end-residential-projects-planned-nanning_89768.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/more-mid-range-high-end-residential-projects-planned-nanning_89768.html Nanning — the capital city of China's Guangxi province — is expected to see a boom in its property sector as farmers in rural areas cash in on new land policies and move to the cities... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/airport-projects-get-$65-billion-for-2-years_89769.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/airport-projects-get-$65-billion-for-2-years_89769.html The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has said a total of RMB450 billion ($65.88 billion) will be spent on at least 60 airport projects, which will start in the next two years... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/communication-improvements-for-huizhou-daya-bay-economic-technological-development-zone_89771.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/communication-improvements-for-huizhou-daya-bay-economic-technological-development-zone_89771.html Already well supplied with communication Huizhou Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone — approved as a state-level development zone in May 1993 — is now expecting improvements in its... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/soho-2009-investment-top-$1-29-billion_82428.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/soho-2009-investment-top-$1-29-billion_82428.html Property firm SOHO China has said its investment in property next year will top the RMB8.8 billion ($1.29 billion) it will spend in 2008, as slumping prices provide buying opportunities... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/asian-investors-cheer-china_81294.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/asian-investors-cheer-china_81294.html HONG KONG - Asian stock markets gained strongly Monday, with Shanghai's index spiking more than 7 percent, as investors cheered China's $586 billion stimulus plan aimed at countering the effects of a... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/world-s-next-great-cities_72339.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/world-s-next-great-cities_72339.html Shenzhen's meteoric rise from obscurity to global prominence is related to China's rise. But it's also illustrative of how globalization turns secondary cities into commercial powers. Shenzhen ranks 1... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-s-economic-growth-slows-amid-world-turmoil_63088.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-s-economic-growth-slows-amid-world-turmoil_63088.html The overall rate of economic growth in China has dropped below 10 per cent for the first time in several years... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china’s-shimao-property-gets-intercontinental-handle-hotel-management_63547.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china’s-shimao-property-gets-intercontinental-handle-hotel-management_63547.html Shimao Property Holdings has entered into an agreement with InterContinental for cooperation in the hotels business. (Note that Shimao constructus a far wider range of buildings than just hotels... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/anhui-conch-says-china-cement-prices-fall-2009_63564.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/anhui-conch-says-china-cement-prices-fall-2009_63564.html This has some important implications for property. Anhui Conch Cement, China's biggest maker of the building material, said prices will decrease early next year on cooling demand for new... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/yuan-hits-new-high-against-u-s-dollar-after-2-months-depreciation_38419.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/yuan-hits-new-high-against-u-s-dollar-after-2-months-depreciation_38419.html China's currency, the yuan, on Tuesday hit a new high against the weakening U.S. dollar on the recovery of oil prices on global markets... Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/asia-pacific-property-markets-see-slowdown_38013.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/asia-pacific-property-markets-see-slowdown_38013.html Jones Lang LaSalle Head of Research (Asia Pacific) Dr. Jane Murray said in the report Asia Pacific Property Digest Second Quarter 2008, that ‘The Asia Pacific property markets are entering a... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/asian-carriers-passenger-numbers-feel-credit-squeeze_38014.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/asian-carriers-passenger-numbers-feel-credit-squeeze_38014.html Some of Asia's leading full-service airlines have reported worrying declines in passenger load factors in August, as demand continues to fail to live up to expectations. The outlook for... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/entrance-fees-tourist-attraction-fueling-controversy_38015.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/entrance-fees-tourist-attraction-fueling-controversy_38015.html A popular tourist attraction in the city of Nanjing in Jiangsu province is fueling controversy for its entrance fees. The management of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, which contains the tomb of the father... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/vanceinfo-launches-tianjin-campus_38016.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/vanceinfo-launches-tianjin-campus_38016.html VanceInfo, an IT service provider and one of the leading offshore software development companies in China, has opened an operation in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/beijing-possibly-will-ease-property-market-control_37206.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/beijing-possibly-will-ease-property-market-control_37206.html Zhang Xin, chief executive, Soho China, one of the mainland’s biggest commercial property developers, said she expects Beijing to announce further measures to loosen its tight control of the property... Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/cipa-partners-thomson-reuters-soft-infrastructure-project-for-hi-tech-zones_31471.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/cipa-partners-thomson-reuters-soft-infrastructure-project-for-hi-tech-zones_31471.html The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters and the Investment Promotion Agency of Ministry of Commerce, P. R. China (CIPA), have announced a partnership to create a ‘World Innovation and... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/xinhua-finance-releases-report-‘credit-risks-china’s-real-estate-sector’_30407.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/xinhua-finance-releases-report-‘credit-risks-china’s-real-estate-sector’_30407.html Xinhua Finance has published a report on ‘Credit Risks of China’s Real Estate Sector’ that identifies policy risk as the primary risk factor affecting the credit worthiness of the... Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/investors-wait-for-chinese-property-bargains-but-face-long-wait_28214.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/investors-wait-for-chinese-property-bargains-but-face-long-wait_28214.html Bargain-priced Chinese property projects will be up for grabs in coming months as developers scramble to survive falling home sales and a financing crunch. But foreign funds hoping to take advantage... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/hainan-airlines-shrinks-but-profitable-first-half_28215.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/hainan-airlines-shrinks-but-profitable-first-half_28215.html Hainan Airlines reported stronger operating and net profits in the six months ended 30 June-08, aided by a $66.2 million foreign currency gain (+126% year-on-year). Hainan Airlines produced the best... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-business-travel-prospects_28216.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-business-travel-prospects_28216.html According to the American Express Business Travels second survey of corporate travel management service in China, the country will become the world’s third-largest market for corporate travel... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/new-shanghai-world-financial-center-forced-settle-for-title-world’s-third-tallest-building_28655.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/new-shanghai-world-financial-center-forced-settle-for-title-world’s-third-tallest-building_28655.html Pity poor Minoru Mori, the Japanese developer of the Shanghai World Financial Centre. The building was billed as the world’s tallest building when it was first announced in 1994, designed to dominate... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/chinese-auditors-scrutinize-use-post-quake-reconstruction-fund_27323.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/chinese-auditors-scrutinize-use-post-quake-reconstruction-fund_27323.html China's National Audit Office (NAO) said on Wednesday it would shift work focus from quake-relief donations to auditing the use of reconstruction fund and supplies... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-remains-major-real-estate-powerhouse_26256.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-remains-major-real-estate-powerhouse_26256.html China will remain a major real estate powerhouse even after the Beijing Olympics and despite the backdrop of weaker property prices, according to Hang Lung Properties Ltd... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-s-cpi-up-4-9--ppi-up-10-1-august_26307.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-s-cpi-up-4-9--ppi-up-10-1-august_26307.html China's consumer price index (CPI) was up 4.9 percent, and he producer price index (PPI) rose 10.1 percent year on year in August... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-s-new-highway-railway-bridge-sets-world-records_26906.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-s-new-highway-railway-bridge-sets-world-records_26906.html The middle section of China's longest road and rail bridge is now complete. The Tianxingzhou Bridge, with it's combined four railroad tracks and six traffic lanes, crosses the Yangtze River in Wuhan... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/vanke’s-property-sales-tumble-august_27136.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/vanke’s-property-sales-tumble-august_27136.html China's biggest listed property developer, reports its real estate sales plunged 35% from a year earlier to RMB4.07 billion ($595 million) in August. In terms of area, sales sank 33% to 474,000... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/80-netizens-against-cancelling-national-day-golden-week_27137.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/80-netizens-against-cancelling-national-day-golden-week_27137.html According to an online survey carried out by sina.com, one of the country’s largest online communitie, the cancellation of the National Day golden week is opposed by most netizens... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/large-petrochemical-plant-opens-quanzhou_27141.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/large-petrochemical-plant-opens-quanzhou_27141.html The 12th China International Fair for Investment and Trade was held in Xiamen City. During the Fair, the Quanzhou Export Processing Zone signed an agreement on September 8 with Silan Achievement... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-eastern-shanghai-airlines-say-not-merger-talks_27213.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-eastern-shanghai-airlines-say-not-merger-talks_27213.html China Eastern Airlines and smaller rival Shanghai Airlines have denied they are in talks on a possible merger. China Eastern, which sought to sell a 24% stake to Singaporean investors including... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/avic-gets-help-arj21-will-combine_27214.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/avic-gets-help-arj21-will-combine_27214.html About half of the equipment on the ARJ21, the first regional jet made by government-run AVIC I, is made by U.S. companies. The 90-seat aircraft represents China's latest bid to eventually... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/shangri-la-says-hotel-occupancy-may-dip_25952.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/shangri-la-says-hotel-occupancy-may-dip_25952.html Shangri-La Asia, the region's biggest luxury-hotel operator, may book fewer rooms this year as rising airfares and a slumping world economy hurt tourism. In an earnings report the hotel group... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/$40-million-polyester-resins-project-tianjing-development-zone_25953.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/$40-million-polyester-resins-project-tianjing-development-zone_25953.html Reichhold has signed a letter of intent with the Tianjin Economic Development Area to start a new unsaturated polyester resins project. Reichhold intends to build a 50,000-ton-per-year unsaturated... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/chinese-fm-china-india-strategic-partnership_26201.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/chinese-fm-china-india-strategic-partnership_26201.html China-India relationship stands at a new starting point, the two should view and approach relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, said Chinese FM... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-issues-land-for-land-policy-guarantee-arable-land-area_26202.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-issues-land-for-land-policy-guarantee-arable-land-area_26202.html China's land authority has asked local governments to replenish the same amount of arable land first before existing arable land is allocated for non-farming purposes... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/nw-china-sandstorm-no-threat-launch-shenzhou-7-spacecraft_26205.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/nw-china-sandstorm-no-threat-launch-shenzhou-7-spacecraft_26205.html The launch of the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft, set to blast off between Sept. 25 and 30, will not be affected by a strong sandstorm in the area... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/chinese-property-developers-face-low-season_24711.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/chinese-property-developers-face-low-season_24711.html Chinese property developers, hard-pressed by falling sales and tightening credit, have never waited for ‘Golden September and Silver October, the traditional hot season for the property... Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-seeks-overseas-investor-for-southwest-airport_24712.html http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/china/property/news/china-seeks-overseas-investor-for-southwest-airport_24712.html China's Yunnan Airport Group is seeking an overseas investor to help finance a new RMB18.4-billion ($2.7-billion) airport in Kunming city, the capital of Yunnan province... Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT