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Housing reform in China constitutes a major part of a wider economic reform. Over the last 15 years, major cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen have experimented with various reform packages, with the common goal of transferring the ownership of bulk state housing properties now in the hands of state-owned enterprises or housing bureaus to individual consumers. These housing experiments met with varying degrees of success, with some achieving a higher degree of marketization than others. The focus of housing reform is to recapitalize public sector housing and make the housing supply available through the market.
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Shanghai Housing Provident Fund Management Centre (1996), Shanghai Housing Provident Fund: Operation and Management, Shanghai: Shanghai Popular Science, pp.15–24.
Guangzhou Housing System Reform Office (1992), Guangzhou Fanggai Ziliao Xuanbian yu Wenti Jieda (A Selection of Information and Resources Plus Questions and Answers on Guangzhou Housing Reform), p.43.
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Lau, K.Y., Lee, J. (2001). Housing Reform. In: Wong, L., Flynn, N. (eds) The Market in Chinese Social Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403919939_6
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