China’s State-Run Companies Rush to Liquidate Real Estate Equities

China’s State-Run Companies Rush to Liquidate Real Estate Equities
Residential developments are seen in Tianjin City on May 10, 2018. Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images
Olivia Li
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More than a dozen large state-owned enterprises in China are liquidating their equity holdings in real estate projects recently. As real estate used to be the main fuel for China’s GDP growth, as well as a main source of revenues for its state-run companies, the liquidation activities has drawn considerable attention.

According to Securities Times, a Chinese financial publication, 20 real estate projects in Beijing had equity transfers from May 1 to June 14. In comparison, there were only two equity transfers in the first four months this year.