TOPSHOT - This aerial photo taken on October 31, 2021 shows buildings of China's developer Country Garden Holdings in Zhenjiang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province.
China's largest developer Country Garden Holdings reported a record 96 percent on-year drop in its first-half earnings on August 30, 2022, in the latest grim illustration of the economic chaos coursing through the country's property sector.
China's largest private property developer, Country Garden, expects the property market will remain weak in 2024 and the company could face more, "severe" challenges, its top management said.
Country Garden, which defaulted on its $11 billion worth of offshore bonds in October and extended repayments on its onshore notes last year, is among a long list of developers facing a cash crunch since being hit by a debt crisis in mid-2021.
"The challenges to be faced by the company this year may be more severe than we imagine; we have to respond calmly," Country Garden President Mo Bin said.
Persons:
Yang Huiyan, Mo Bin, Yang
Organizations:
Garden Holdings, Weibo
Locations:
Zhenjiang, China's, Jiangsu