Foreign advisers focus on Beijing's high house price proposal to control property by tax

The housing pulls the low competitiveness score proposal reference German experience through tax control property speculation (reporter Shaozehui) this morning, 15 world-renowned entrepreneurs and Beijing mayor, deputy mayor around the round table, for Beijing's future development suggestions.　　Beijing's high house prices also attracted the attention of "foreign advisers" at the annual meeting of Beijing mayor's international entrepreneur advisors, one of Beijing's top plays.　　Feng Enbo, chairman of ABB Group, said that, like the traffic, housing is a difficult problem for Beijing, in recent years, Beijing's housing prices soaring, visually, Beijing houses an average of 3700 U.S. dollars per square metre, compared with Tokyo house prices, but Beijing's average income less than Tokyo's 10%. Feng Enbo that if people who work in cities cannot afford their living costs, it will be difficult to improve the quality of life in Beijing and to retain talent.　　He suggested that Beijing could use the German experience to control property speculation through taxes. The global chairman of PwC, Darrell, also noted in a written report that a recent study, "the capital of Opportunity," which analysed 21 global cities including Beijing, scored higher in terms of technology IQ and innovation, but housing and urban livability have lowered Beijing's score.　　Darrell that these two are important indicators to measure the overall economic health and development momentum of the future cities. The annual meeting of Beijing mayor's international entrepreneur consultant was established in 1999, and 17 people have developed to today's 29 people. In the past eight annual consultancy meetings, the consultants have submitted 187 advisory reports to the Beijing municipal government on 22 issues, such as how to speed up the development of industry suitable for the capital, how to deal with the relationship between metropolitan development and population resource environment, and how to promote the improvement of urban construction level. Some of the suggestions are helpful to the decision and practice of urban construction and management in Beijing.