China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd

F:CPP

Business Description

Sector

Real Estate

Industry

Real Estate

Headquarters

Hong Kong HK

Employees

3 130

IPO date

Aug 20, 1992

China Overseas Land & Investment is a large Chinese real estate developer. It buys land, plans communities, builds homes and commercial properties, and then sells apartments and other units to homebuyers and businesses. It also develops projects that can be rented or held for long-term use, such as office and retail properties.

Its main customers are people buying homes, as well as companies, local governments, and institutional tenants that need commercial space. The company makes money mainly by selling completed properties and, in some cases, by earning rental income and fees linked to property development and management. Its business depends on turning land into sellable buildings, so it sits in the middle of the property development value chain.

What makes the business model important is that it combines land acquisition, construction, sales, and property management under one roof. That gives the company control over the full development process and ties its results closely to housing demand, urban development, and the health of China’s property market.