China to establish national housing info network by 2020  

2020年前实现全国住房信息联网

近日发布的《国家新型城镇化规划(2014-2020年)》(以下简称《规划》)提出，要“健全城镇住房制度”，建立以土地为基础的不动产统一登记制度，实现全国住房信息联网，推进部门信息共享。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- China will set up a national housing information network by 2020, the Beijing News said, citing an urbanization plan unveiled Sunday by the central government.

The plan aims to establish a unified property registration system and the State Council has demanded the Ministry of Land and Resources to adopt an ordinance by this June.

China had already planned to launch a national housing information network in 2010, but progress has been slow.

The network had included 40 major cities by last February, which should have been accomplished eight months ago, government data show.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development planned to expand the network to 500 cities by last June, but only 60 cities have been covered, the newspaper said, using anonymous sources.

Jiang Weixin, head of the ministry, admitted at an internal meeting that it has been harder than expected.

Gu Yunchang, deputy head of the China Real Estate and Housing Research Association, attributed the slow progress to obstruction by some interest groups.

Jia Kang, head of the Institute for Fiscal Science Research under the Ministry of Finance, said that certain local governments had intentionally delayed the process.

Experts agreed that the network would help the government take more accurate measures against property inflation, including the expansion of property taxes.