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CIRC relaxes restrictions on permitted investments by insurance companies

Mayer Brown LLP
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China
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August 20 2012

The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) issued the Circular on Issues relating to Investment of Insurance Funds in Equity and Real Estate (the 2012 Circular) on 16 July 2012 and has issued two other rules, all of which facilitate a more diversified range of investment options for insurance companies

China imposes new minimum plot ratio for residential projects

Mayer Brown LLP
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China
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June 27 2012

On 23 May 2012, the PRC Ministry of Land and Resources ("MLR") and the PRC National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") jointly issued the 2012 version ("2012 Version") of the Catalogue of Restricted Land Use Projects and the Catalogue of Prohibited Land Use Projects (collectively "Restricted and Prohibited Land Use Catalogues"

China updates its Rules on the Disposal of Idle Land

Mayer Brown LLP
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China
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June 13 2012

The PRC Ministry of Land and Resources (the “MLR”) has recently released the revised Rules on the Disposal of Idle Land which will come into force on 1 July 2012 (the “2012 Amendments”) and will replace the rules that the MLR issued on 28 April 1999 (the “1999 Version”

Foreigners expressly restricted from investing in non-residential properties in Guangzhou

Mayer Brown LLP
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China
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March 15 2012

Guangzhou Municipal Land Resources and Housing Administrative Bureau recently issued to its sub-branches an internal circular under which foreign individuals and individuals from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are prohibited from purchasing any non-residential properties in Guangzhou

Villa construction and management - prohibited in the new Catalogue of Industries for Guiding Foreign Investment (2011 Amendments)

Mayer Brown LLP
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China
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January 18 2012

The PRC National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") and the PRC Ministry of Commerce have recently published the Catalogue of Industries for Guiding Foreign Investment (2011 Amendments)(hereinafter referred to as the "2011 Catalogue" which will become effective on 30 January 2012 and repeal and supersede its 2007 version

Taking partitions apart: does the partition wall in your flat belong to you or all owners in the building?

Mayer Brown LLP
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China
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October 3 2011

On 22 September 2011, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in the case Tam Sze Man and Wise Step International Limited v. The Incorporated Owners of Shan Tsui Court (CACV 302011), which concerned the removal of the partition wall between two adjoining flats

Condo-hotels in China - regulatory framework remains challenging

Mayer Brown LLP
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China
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September 21 2011

Condo-hotels have a chequered global history

CBRC tightens control of PRC trust companies

Mayer Brown LLP
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China
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December 24 2010

Real estate related investment products offered by PRC trust companies have become an increasingly important alternative source of capital for real estate developers to finance construction costs where other traditional sources of real estate finance have been constrained by central government policies impacting on the real estate sector

CIRC permits insurance companies to diversify their investments into private equity and real estate sectors

Mayer Brown LLP
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China
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September 30 2010

The China Insurance Regulatory Commission ("CIRC") now permits those insurance companies which are subject to its regulation to diversify their investments into the private equity and real estate sectors pursuant to the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Utilisation of Insurance Funds", effective 31 August 2010

Ban on hotels projects selling condos in Beijing

Mayer Brown LLP
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China
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July 19 2010

The Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources have jointly issued a "Notice regarding the Strengthening of the Administration on the Sale of Hotel Projects (including hotel and holiday resort projects)" on 14 May 2010 to ban the division of the properties into condos for sale purposes by hotel and resort projects

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