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New rules on foreign investment in real estate(chinadaily.com.cn)Updated: 2007-06-13 10:51 On Monday, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly released a circular to further strengthen and regulate the supervising process of foreign-invested real estate, aimed at curbing excessive property speculation by foreign capital.
If these foreign-funded real estate companies are caught cheating or not following proper procedures, they will be punished. The foreign exchange regulator will not approve these companies' foreign exchange account registrations, and will hold them responsible for foreign exchange frauds when capital and related earnings are sent abroad. Foreign investors should obtain land-use rights or sign transfer
contracts with landowners before developing real estate projects. Existing foreign-funded
firms need to seek additional approval from the authorities to develop new
projects. No party in the foreign-funded real estate project should promise a
fixed return of investment in the contract, according to the circular.
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