China Overseas Land and Investment
subsidiary company
China Overseas Land and Investment Limited (COLI), known as China Overseas, is a Hong Kong–based and incorporated real estate conglomerate. It is an indirect subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited.
Found in June 1979, it is engaged in construction and contracting, property development and infrastructure investment, with operations currently in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China.
China Overseas was listed in the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong as a red chip stock in August 1992.
In July 2005, it spun off its construction business and formed China State Construction International Holdings Limited ("CSCI"), which was listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
On 10 December 2007, it was selected to be a Hang Seng Index Constituent Stock (blue chip).
Business areas
China Overseas Land and Investment operates in four segments: property development, which is engaged in the development and sales of properties; property investment, which is engaged in property letting; infrastructure, which is engaged in the investments in entities undertaking toll highways, and other operations, which is engaged in property management, property agency, logistics operations, building design consultancy services, supply of heat and electricity and securities trading.
China Overseas Land and Investment's property development, property investment and other activities are carried out in Hong Kong, Macau and regions in the People's Republic of China other than Hong Kong and Macau. All infrastructure project investments are located in the People's Republic of China. On November 28, 2008, the Company disposed Value Idea Investments Limited.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1073463. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979, 1992, 2005 and 2007.
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