China is to expose intellectual property rights violations to the public, and build a system of real property registration, according to a State Council statement on Wednesday.
The municipal government of Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Monday spelled out new rules to cool down the property market following moves by three other mega cities.
Hikes in Chinese urban house prices are again touching a nerve among the public as the faster-than-expected price growth heightens expectations for new control measures, the China Securities Journal reported on Wednesday.
Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung Tuesday reiterated that the government will not relax nor refine demand-management property measures, and urged lawmakers to pass the bill on those measures as soon as possible.
Driven by rapid urbanization and speculation, China's property market has taken off in recent years, especially after the economic stimulus policies the government issued in 2009 to help weather the global financial crisis.
As China's real estate prices continue to rise despite the central government's repeated housing curbs, experts have suggested the cure is to be found in market-oriented measures.
The government has put increasing pilot cities for property tax trials on the work agenda this year, the China Securities Journal reported Monday.
A month of heated debate, guesswork and worrying has ultimately come to an end with cities across China confirming details of planned property curbs that have loomed large over the market.
Pre-opening queues have snaked around Chinese property trading centers in the past few days, with those in line vexed by the uncertain roll-out date of stricter market regulations.
With the announcement early this week of the 2013 Singapore budget, all research groups here have agreed that the key losers will be property investors and developers, particularly those owning high-end residential units with unsold inventory.
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