If you intend to stay in China for severalyears, then buying a place is more of anoption than renting one.

Before you buy

According to Chinas regulations,foreigners who have spent at leastone year in the country either forstudying or for working are eligibleto buy property in China. Furthermore,foreigners are only allowed topurchase property for their own personaluse. If you want to rent propertiesor to use them for commercialreasons, youll have to do it in thename of a Chinese corporation eitheras a wholly foreign-owned enterpriseor a joint venture established for thispurpose.