Global Times - China moves to cool real estate sector, curb prices

Posted: December 23rd, 2009 | Author: Daan Roggeveen | Filed under: Background | Tags: policy, real estate | No Comments »

Global Times - China moves to cool real estate sector, curb prices. - By Zhao Qian, Global Times
The Chinese government intensified its efforts to cool the country’s overheated real estate industry Wednesday.
A policy was allowed to expire that had eliminated the turnover tax for those who sold homes they had owned for more than two years. From now on, the tax will instead be waived only for those selling homes they have owned at least five years.

The new guidelines were released following an executive meeting of the State Council chaired by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Wednesday.
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China Green Buildings: Land Use Rights in China: an Opportunity for Green Policy?

Posted: July 21st, 2009 | Author: Daan Roggeveen | Filed under: Background | Tags: green building, land use, policy | No Comments »

‘Green building’ is a hot topic, also in China. Apart from the incidental initiatives on building level, there is also a need for and development of broader stimulus policies. In this article, Geoffrew Lewis does interesting suggestions for Green Policy:

China Green Buildings: Land Use Rights in China: an Opportunity for Green Policy?.

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The Go West Project is a crossover research project between architecture and journalism that studies new metropolises in Central and Western China. It analyzes urban and social developments in the world's fastest urbanising region.
Journalist Michiel Hulshof and architect Daan Roggeveen founded the Go West Project in Shanghai in February 2009. This website gives an overview of ideas, pictures, articles and opinions related to the cities.