Table 1

Profile of China: 2023

Demographic profile
Population: 1.42 billion; #2 globally
Population growth: 0.23%
Urban population: 64.6%; expected to be 70% by 2030
Urbanisation rate: 1.78%
Major cities: Shanghai (29 M), Beijing (22 M), Chongqing (17 M), Tianjin (14 M)
      Guangzhou (14 M), Shenzhen (13 M)
Economic profile
Economy: #2 globally: accounting for over 18% of global GDP
Real GDP: $31.2 T
Real GDP growth: 5.7% (2023), 4.8% (2024F)
Inflation: 0.23%
Labour force: 779 M
Unemployment: 4.7%
GDP sectors: agriculture (7.1%), industry (38.3%), services (54.6%)
Stock markets: Shanghai (#3 globally), Shenzhen (#7 globally)
Global business competitiveness: #28/141countries globally; #6 in Asia
Corruption perception: #76 (least corrupt)/154 countries
Real estate profile
Real estate transparency: #30/89 countries globally; #6 in Asia; transparent
#1 emerging real estate market globally: $5.6 T
City momentum: 5/top 20 cities globally; Shenzhen (#10), Chongqing (#11), Wuhan (#13), Hangzhou (#15), Shenzhen (#17)
Commercial real estate transactions: #3 globally; $36.1 B
Major cities (commercial real estate transaction volume): Shanghai (#7 globally), Beijing (#23)
Listed real estate sector: # = 241 real estate companies@ $249 B (market cap); including REOCs and REITs
Source(s): Authors' compilation from CIA (2024), EPRA (2023, 2024b), JLL (2020, 2024a,b,c,d), MSCI/RCA (2024), TI (2024), WEF (2019) 

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