In 2016, total real estate investments in China amounted to RMB 10.2581 trillion ($1.49 trillion), up 6.9 percent year on year, with this growth rate 0.4 percentage points higher than that recorded in the January-November period last year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Investments in residential dwellings in China in 2016 amounted to RMB 6.8704 trillion ($1 trillion), rising by 6.4 percent year on year, accounting for 67.0 percent of total real estate investments in the country during the given period.
In the period in question, new commercial real estate sold in China covered a total area of 1.57349 billion m2, up 22.5 percent on year-on-year basis. The total area covered by new residential buildings sold in China in the given period increased by 22.4 percent, the total area covered by new office buildings sold rose by 31.4 percent, while the total area of new commercial business space sold during the given period was up 16.8 percent, all year on year.