PRC land system is registered land system. Land interest is protected only with a land certificate issued by the proper land administration authority.

In the last decade, we have : -

• acted for over 70 Chinese property developers in their property development and redevelopment projects;
• acted in 42 property development projects in their overseas sales including sales in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and U.S.A.;
• handled single largest property sale in Guangzhou;
• acted for vendors, buyers, and/or mortgagors in numerous sale and purchase of private houses/flats;
• acted for overseas Chinese (華僑) in their claims for compensation from government for their property formerly owned by them before 1949;
• acted for various property owners in their dealing with Chinese government on their property rights, taxes and fees;
• acted for Hong Kong government in advising leases of their China office;
• published numerous articles on Chinese property law;
• advised Chinese local government in promulgation of local property laws and regulations;
• dealt with land issues in industrial or tourism projects;
• M & A of real property project;
• handle mortgage registration on behalf of banks and finance companies.

Our experience in handling Chinese property transaction started before the PRC had the first major land laws in 1994.