Poly Property


Poly Property Group Co., Ltd., is a Hong Kong incorporated Chinese property developer, with its major businesses include property development, investment and management. It mainly develops mid to high-end residential and commercial properties in the cities along Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta as well as the second-tier provincial capitals.
Poly Property is a constituent of Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index
He Ping, son of late military officer, and the son-in-law of the former Chinese leader, late Deng Xiaoping, is the former chairman of the company. He Ping was also the chairman of the parent company China Poly Group, which had military background in the past.

History

The corporate entity of Poly Property was established in 1973, originally a shipping company called Continental Mariner Investment Company Limited. In 1993, China Poly Group Corporation acquired 55% stake in the company and converted its business from shipping to conglomerate, as a reverse IPO. In 2005, CMIC was renamed to Poly Investments Limited. In 2012 the company renamed again as Poly Property Group Co., Ltd..
Poly Property entered Hong Kong property market in 2014 by purchasing a land lease "New Kowloon Inland Lot No.6527" in an area formerly belongs to Kai Tak Airport, for HK$3.923 billion. The site was developed into Vibe Centro.

Shareholders

, Poly Holdings and its subsidiaries, owned 40.39% shares of the listed company. Poly Holdings itself is a subsidiary of state-owned China Poly Group; China Poly Group owned an additional 6.93% shares of Poly Property, via mainland China incorporated "Poly Southern Group Co., Ltd.". As Poly Property was incorporated outside mainland China, but controlled by Chinese Central Government indirectly, the company was considered as a red chip.
Charmian Xue Ming and independent non-executive directors: Choy Shu Kwan, Leung Sau Fan and Wong Ka Lun, also owned negligible number of the shares.
Poly Property also issued perpetual capital instrument in the past for. During 2016 financial year, all the bonds were fully redeemed by the company.