Chinese buyers accounted for RM8.4 billion worth of property sales in Malaysia in 2018, which is 12.1 per cent of the total transaction value and 0.4 per cent of total transaction share, according to an economics report from Chinese international property portal, Juwai.com, and Malaysian real estate agency network, IQI Global, stated an article by Bernama (11 November 2019). Juwai.com executive chairman Georg Chmiel said the Chinese made 16.5 per cent more enquiries on Malaysian property in the third quarter of this year than in the same quarter of 2018.