4 questions before you choose the route.
This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.
Title clean and mortgage handled?
Authority.
TitleConsents lined up?
Co-owners.
ConsentTax assessment path clear?
Tax.
TaxRemittance planned?
Resolve the remittance planned question separately before choosing the route.
FXWorking rule: Sellers prepare title, discharge mortgages if required, obtain spousal/co-owner consents, negotiate SPA, pay sale taxes, and complete transfer registration.
The signal ledger.
These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.
Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.
Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.
Questions people ask before they build.
Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.
Can I sell if I left China?
Often yes with agents/notarial formalities — identity and bank packs still matter.
Where is remittance?
Use the linked specialist resource when Selling Property in China turns on detailed evidence, procedure or risk assessment.
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.