EconomyChina’s growing REIT sector offers foreign property investors a route back

After years of retreat, foreign investors are beginning to revisit mainland China’s commercial property market, attracted by sharply lower asset prices, wider yields and cheaper yuan financing. Analysts said cross-border capital remains only a small share of the market and does not yet represent a broad return. Some international investors are instead participating through China’s domestic capital markets, including onshore REITs.

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SSouth China Morning Post★★☆☆☆2026-09-24 00:00Original