Reform to boost realty sector's development
China DailyLI MIN/CHINA DAILY The "Resolution on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization", issued by the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on July 18, has charted the future direction of the real estate industry. For banks, the realty sector's defaults have led to bad debts, and the decline in the real estate sector has reduced bank credit and weakened profits, seriously affecting banks' ability to prevent or minimize risks. The move to scale up the building and supply of government-subsidized housing to meet the housing needs of salaried people is a key feature of the real estate sector's new development model. The resolution also said that reforms will be carried out to change the way the real estate sector is financed, and improve the advance housing purchase system. Owing to the pre-sale system, real estate enterprises in China depend heavily on supply chain financing, housing pre-sale funds and other financing sources, making it difficult for them to prevent downturns, which result in the abandoning of many under-construction buildings.