BEIJING - Seventy eight state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have filed plans to exit the property sector after being ordered to do so within 15 working days, an official with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) said Thursday.来www.Examw.com
8 k: K' ?8 l) m* `0 l: Q "The 78 companies are very resolute on this issue and have submitted their plans to exit the property market," the official said.
$ l3 a$ X% D. b The SASAC announced on March 18 it had ordered 78 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) whose core business is not property development to withdraw from the business within 15 working days. The deadline would be April 12.+ R* v# D& W, C" p/ ?
The order came amid complaints the SOE’s land acquisitions has fueled rises in urban housing prices.
1 @) d* r/ |' g1 g6 f8 h" J$ L* @! w Premier Wen Jiabao repeatedly pledged in recent months to crack down on property market speculation after urban home prices soared.
2 a8 d( M, f/ T5 T The official said it will be difficult for the companies to exit the property market for "historical reasons" and that it will "take time."
3 U. q' J/ V# l0 Y0 x% A% H The SASAC said last month that only 16 of the 127 centrally-administered SOEs which are designated as property developers will continue to stay in the market, adding that they should play a key role in promoting the healthy development of the nation’s real estate industry. |