China's paradoxical reforms on land and real estate property markets

This paper aims to analyse the law reforms on land and real estate property in contemporary China and point out the paradoxical nature of these reforms. This paper makes an in-depth observation of China’s land and real estate property market development through an examination the relevant law reforms, and an analysis of their inherent problems. Based on scrutinising the historical evolutions and analysing China’s contemporary political-economic contexts, this paper predicts the privatisation of land ‘with Chinese characteristics’ as a strategic solution to the paradoxical land and real estate property markets.