BEIJING -- As China's property market suffers from a protracted chill, small and midsize cities are looking to revive housing demand with new discounts for group purchases aimed at workers at well-paying state-owned companies.
Over 20 municipalities across 12 provinces and autonomous regions have launched group-buying incentives since June, Chinese online newspaper The Paper reported. Ten cities, many of them small-to-midsize regional hubs, made announcements in September or later.


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