China Merchants developed in 1979 the 11-square-kilometre Shekou industrial zone, China’s first industrial zone open to the outside world. Once again, in 1993, it launched the development of the 40-square-kilometre Zhangzhou Development Zone. Meanwhile, China Merchants invested and developed a variety of large-scale real estate projects of over 500 million square metres in China’s big or medium-sized cities as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi’an, Wuhan, Nanjing, Hong Kong and Macau.

China Merchants developed first-class office buildings in major cities around China, as China Merchants Tower (Shanghai), China Merchants Centre (Beijing) and Beijing International Finance Tower (one of Beijing’s New Top 10 Constructions).

Real Estate related businesses of China Merchants have been focused on the development of commercial housing. Helen Garden in Shenzhen, a lovely garden-like residence community with a total construction area of over 400,000 square metres, is chosen by China Real Estate Association as the “Regional Model for Residence Development”. Besides, China Merchants is one of a few massive villa developers in China.

China Merchants has a total land reserve of 230,000 square metres in Hong Kong and holds the franchise to use and to develop over 30 square kilometres of land in Shenzhen and Zhangzhou.

Meanwhile, China Merchants operates community public facilities in Shekou Industrial Zone and Zhangzhou Development Zone.

China Merchants also provides wholly-trusted property management services as well as property advisory and consultant services concerning office buildings, villas, apartments, residential communities, and welfare-oriented public facilities. It boasts 11 state award winning cases out of a total management area of 10 million square metres.