China close to opening up REITs public market, approves first batch for listing

China close to opening up REITs public market, approves first batch for listing

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China is close to kicking off its long-awaited public REITs market, with regulators approving the first batch of nine real estate investment trusts that will raise an estimated 30 billion yuan ($4.7 billion) for infrastructure projects.