China to spend $197b on affordable housing this year

Updated: 2011-03-09 16:47

(Xinhua)

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China will invest about 1.3 trillion yuan ($196.9) on building 10 million units of affordable homes in 2011, said Qi Ji, vice minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on Wednesday.

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