In April 30, 2014, the foreign ministry held a briefing on Premier Li Keqiangs visit to Ethiopia and Au headquarters, Nigeria, Angola and Kenya. Vice Minister of foreign affairs Zhang Ming and assistant Zhang Xiangchen, Minister of Commerce, introduced the relevant information and answered questions from Chinese and foreign journalists.

At present, our senior-care real estate is still at the early stage of development and in the process of developing to the multi-form senior-care community from the single senior-care apartment; there is a small number of senior-care communities, but it lacks of a set of mature development mode.

According to the official data in Plan for the Building of Social Senior-care Service System (2011-2015) issued by the State Council, up to now, China is the only country where the elderly population is more than 100 million and is increasing at a rate of over 3% each year, and this growth rate is over five times of that of newly born population in the same period. Within five years, the elderly population at and above 60 years old around the nation will rise to 221 million from 178 million and the proportion will rise to 16% from 13.3%.

According to the data from the private senior-care service agency information survey research group of the Office under China National Committee on Ageing (2008-2009), only 21% of over 4000 private senior-care service agencies surveyed enjoyed the land allotted by the Government, 36% acquired the right of land use in the form of leasing, and over 40% were confused of the national of used land.

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and African Union jointly released African Economic Outlook 2014 on April 11, calling on African governments to develop effective industrial policies to promote African structural transformation.

Not long ago, the Professional Ethics Research Institute of South Africa with its headquarters in Pretoria issued a survey report completed in February, 2014, saying “African opinions on Chinese enterprises in Africa”.

On April 9, the 1st Allied Work Group Conference for Cross-border and Cross-regional Infrastructure Construction Cooperation in Africa organized by China’s Ministry of Commerce and African Union (AU) Commission was held in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. In the conference, two sides reached a consensus by signing China’s Ministry of Commerce and AU Commission’s Action Plan for Cross-border and Cross-regional Infrastructure Construction Cooperation in Africa.

Under the double attack of national regulation and bank money shortage and in the context of quite fierce regional industry competition, where do real estate enterprises go on earth? Scale, financialization, professionalization and club-style operation seem to be 4 current trends of transformation of real estate enterprises.

According to the news on the website of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Jiang Daming, Director of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group and General State-owned Land Supervisor, presided the 7th minister office conference to research the supply and supervision of senior-care land and other related policies on April 3.

“Unclear profit-making prospect” is still the problem in the senior-care real estate in 2014. How to change this situation and make profit in the future always troubles the industry.