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Property measures not to stay, says paper

Business | Real estate
2009-11-2

WITH a solid recovery in the real estate market, the Chinese government would probably not continue the measures unveiled last October to boost the property sector amid the global financial crisis, China Business reported...

Concern over property prices

Business | Real estate
2009-9-29

CHINA'S housing authorities do not support high prices and are pushing for an increase in homes that are affordable for most people, a senior official said yesterday. "We hope local governments will raise the...

Trial use of 'idle' fund to build budget homes

Business | Real estate
2008-12-23

LOCAL governments might be able to use their "idle" public housing fund to build budget homes in the future, the State Council said in a statement on its Website, the latest move by the central government to solve...

Stimulus plan will splurge on low-cost homes

Business | Real estate
2008-11-14

CHINA will spend 900 billion yuan (US$131 billion) on building low-cost homes and renovating shanties in the next three years to solve housing problems for low-income families. More than 2 million low-rent homes...

Probe ordered into collapse of schools

National
2008-5-17

CHINA'S Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has ordered local authorities to investigate why school buildings collapsed in the earthquake, Yang Rong, director of the ministry's department of standards...