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The prices of the new lodgings in 70 cities, big or middle, decreased 1.4% last year in relation to the same period, a faster decline of 0.6 points of percentage in relation to the decrease of last December.

The prices of the real estate recorded a marked fall in the cities of Shenzhen (-16.5%), Guangzhou (-9%) and Xiamen (-5.6%).

The stagnant economy and the uncertainty facing the future hindered the real estate sales, esteem Bocheng Yin, director of the research center on the real estate being a matter for the Fudan university.

The Chinese government threw a plan of to raise the profit of the real estate industry, putting the accent on the dwellings to moderate rents and the access to the property.

However, a certain time will be necessary before the measures do not give some results, affirm Li Guoping, analyst in the sector of the real estate. He  foresees that the prices of the real estate of the country should stabilize to the second semester of the year.

This fleet, composed of two DDG-169 destroyers and Wuhan DDG-171 Haikous and of the ship Weishanhu supply ship of the Fleet of the southern China Sea, go win in 10 days the Gulf of Aden. She will join the multinational patrol who fights against the piracy in the maritime one ways the borrowed more in the world.

The fleet counts about 800 crew members, of which 70 soldiers of the special strengths of the navy. She is also equipped with missiles, cannons and light weapons. His mission will be to protect the Chinese ships and their crew members, including those of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, but also the foreign ships that will make the demand of it.

The first phase of the mission will last three months. The Chinese Navy will send appropriate in time of other units to take their relief. It will depend on the situation there and of the Security council of the UNO.

The fleet will also provide the aid to the humanitarian operations of the international organizations, of which the World Food Program of the UNO.

The Chinese ministry of the National Defense had officially announced Tuesday the consignment of these ships toward the Gulf of Aden, underlining that China would observe the resolutions of the UN and the international right in the achievement of his obligations.

On his side, the spokesman of the Chinese ministry of the Business foreign Liu Jianchao indicated that since the beginning of this year, 1 265 ships Chinese merchants had borrowed the road of the gulf and that seven had been attacked. A fishing boat and 18 crew members are again to the hands of the pirates.

According to statistics published Wednesday by the National Commission of the development and the reform (NDRC) and the Office of state of statistics (BES), the rate on one year is in receding of 1.8% in relation to the one of the month of August.

In September, the prices of the lodgings for people come back down in the big cities were of 1.3% more elevated than during the same period of last year, and of 0.1% more elevated than in August.

The prices of the commercial and luxury lodgings increased 3.9% and 5.5% respectively on a yearly basis, but decreasing of respective 0.4% and 0.3% in relation to the month of August.

During the second quarter, the average of the real estate prices in the 70 cities increased 9.2% on a yearly basis, against 11% for the first quarter.