Across China: Beijing

Real estate sets records

China's real estate sector set several new records in 2009. Nearly 940 million sq m of properties were sold, and the average price hit 4,695 yuan ($687) per sq m, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed Tuesday.

Official data shows that the overall real estate sales volume hit 937.13 million sq m, up 42.1 percent from the previous year.