China

Property Rights Index - China Compared to Continent

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Armenia	35
Azerbaijan	30
Bangladesh	25
Cambodia	30
China	20
Georgia	35
Hong Kong	90
India	50
Indonesia	30
Japan	70
Kazakhstan	30
Kyrgyztan	30
Laos	10
Malaysia	50
Mongolia	30
Myanmar	10
Nepal	30
North Korea	10
Pakistan	30
Philippines	30
Singapore	90
South Korea	70
Sri Lanka	50
Taiwan	70
Tajikistan	30
Thailand	50
Turkmenistan	10
Uzbekistan	30
Vietnam	10

 

 

China: Property rights index

A subcomponent of the Index of Economic Freedom, the property rights index measures the degree to which a country’s laws protect private property rights, and the degree to which its government enforces those laws.

Higher scores are more desirable, i.e. property rights are better protected. Scores are from 0 to 100.

The index also assesses the likelihood that private property will be expropriated and analyzes the independence of the judiciary, the existence of corruption within the judiciary, and the ability of individuals and businesses to enforce contracts.

The Global Property Guide considers protection of property rights as a significant factor affecting the desirability of a residential real estate investment.

Source: The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal

 

China has poor house price statistics. The National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC) has quarterly house price time-series but these are not publicly available. Another source of house price indices is eHomeday, Shanghai's largest property market web site, which has time-series for Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Beijing, Yangzhou and Suzhou (but the site is only in Chinese, and no time-series are available). Colliers International publishes useful housing data in their quarterly property market reviews. General economics statistics are available from the NBSC and the People’s Bank of China.