One of China Development Bank's specific tasks is to try to alleviate and, where possible, eliminate bottlenecks in supplies of raw materials or land for China's economy.
The move puts the Michigan company among a growing number of venture-backed American companies in the alternative vehicle space to land in China, where the government provides incentives for the development and purchases of all-electric and electric hybrid cars.
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In Tajikistan, on the southern fringes of the ex-Soviet Union, 250 shift-workers are slowly bulldozing a 32-kilometre (20-mile) road from Murgab in the Pamir mountains, eastwards across the rock, salt and sand wilderness of no-man's land, towards China.
China's Land Ministry has also warned that misappropriation of farmland has brought the country dangerously close to the so-called red line of 296 million acres of arable land that the government believes it needs to feed China's 1.34 billion people.
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That would mean nearly one-quarter -- about 23% -- of China's total arable land would be used for soybeans, based on China's latest data from 2008.
Property stocks also dragged in Hong Kong, with China Resources Land down 2.8% and Sino Land losing 2.6%.
In Shanghai, China Overseas Land recently discounted a batch of apartments by 25%.
Citigroup, for example, put a strong buy recommendation on China Resources Land, a property company, in mid-September, saying the share price could appreciate by 20%.
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The stock of major property developer China Resources Land Ltd.
Being used to the land and zoning practices in China, Mr. Hua knew the risks.
New World says it is the biggest foreign holder of land-use rights in China.
While growth declined steadily with each passing quarter, China did not land with a thud as many predicted.
In 2006-10 across China they sold land-use rights to over 22, 000km2 of land, an area the size of New Jersey.
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They say GMOs will bankrupt farmers, but today China has more land growing GM crops than anyone else except the U.S. and Brazil.
"There are relatively big inflationary pressures this year, mainly because there are pressures on China's land, labour, agricultural products and services, " he said.
Water shortages, dust bowls and urbanization have cut China's agricultural land base by 10% in the past decade.
The law in China states that all land owners need to be compensated.
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The Yellow River, one of the world's longest, supplies water to more than 150 million people and 15 percent of China's agricultural land.
The Ministry of Land and Resources said Sunday that China will strengthen the survey and appraisal of shale gas in 2012 to expedite discovery and development of China shale deposits.
China's rising sea levels hit a record high in 2012 due to global warming and land subsidence, threatening millions of coastal residents, reports China Daily.
The country has been a leader in land-based turbines but lags behind China and Europe in sea-based efforts.
"Hopewell misjudged the speed of major civil engineering construction in China, the complexities of land acquisition and budgeting, " says Michael Green of Nomura Research Institute.
"On a per capita basis, China has half the arable land and a third to a quarter of the water than the global average, " says Merritt Cluff of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.
Turning back to China, Liberation Army Daily and the Beijing News report that China successfully carried out a land-based, mid-course missile interception test at an undisclosed location within its borders, but says the test did not target any country.
Vanke and Keppel Land said they will co-develop property in China and Singapore.
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