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
& N+ l- g8 m% @ "The 78 companies are very resolute on this issue and have submitted their plans to exit the property market," the official said.
x; j3 e2 ~0 @+ N' F 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.
/ }# s, i( A9 h) x The order came amid complaints the SOE’s land acquisitions has fueled rises in urban housing prices.
; P( i: k9 }# G; L" N: z Premier Wen Jiabao repeatedly pledged in recent months to crack down on property market speculation after urban home prices soared.& F4 E6 Y4 d- s- j
The official said it will be difficult for the companies to exit the property market for "historical reasons" and that it will "take time."
" W' l9 T1 ?( z+ }1 u4 y& U 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. |