9月份中國房價繼續總體下跌
Chinese new home prices fell across the country in September, underscoring fears over the growth of the world's second biggest economy.
9月份中國全國新房價格出現下跌，凸顯出人們對這個全球第二大經濟體增長的擔憂。Prices fell in 69 of 70 cities in September from the previous month.
今年9月，被調查的70個城市中，69個城市的房價較上個月出現了下跌。
The overall price decline was 1.3 per cent compared to last September, according to a Reuters analysis of the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics.
根據路透社(Reuters)對中國國家統計局(National Bureau of Statistics)發佈的數據所作分析，與去年9月份相比，房價總體下跌了1.3%。
This slightly deepens the falls already seen in previous months. Chinese new home prices declined in 68 of the 70 cities in August, and fell across 64 of the cities in July.
這一跌幅略大於此前幾個月的跌幅。今年8月，70個被調查城市中有68個城市的新房價格出現下跌，而7月份房價下跌城市的數目則是64個。China's real estate sector is a major driving force for economic growth, as local governments who fund the infrastructure projects that boost GDP often rely on land sales to property developers for financing.
在中國，地方政府用基建項目拉動國內生產總值(GDP)，經常會依靠向房地產商賣地的方式融資，房地產業也因此成爲中國經濟增長的主要推動因素。China's economy grew by 7.3 per cent in the third quarter, its slowest pace of expansion since the depths of the financial crisis in early 2009. Meanwhile, a slowdown in construction activity following years of frenzied property investment. Industrial demand has slackened to the point that steel in some Chinese markets is as cheap as cabbages.
今年第三季度，中國經濟同比增長了7.3%，這是自2009年初金融危機以來的最慢增速。與此同時，在多年瘋狂的地產投資之後，建築活動的增長也已放緩。工業需求極度疲軟，以至於在中國部分市場上，鋼鐵已經賣到了白菜價。Last last month, the Beijing government moved to support the real estate market with measures including allowing second home buyers to make lower down payments.
上個月，爲支持房地產市場的發展，中國政府轉而採取了允許降低二套房首付比例等措施。Chinese property developers have also resorted to increasingly imaginative tactics to shift unsold properties, including offering discounts to shoppers on Alibaba's Taobao website and even giving home buyers free chickens.
與此同時，爲了將積壓的物業轉讓出去，中國房地產開發商採取的銷售手段越來越有想象力，其中包括向阿里巴巴(Alibaba)淘寶(Taobao)網站的購物者提供折扣，以及爲購房者提供免費的活雞等。
