China's tech boom impacts on Beijing, Shanghai property prices
Chinese tech companies are increasingly boosting real estate demand in Beijing and Shanghai, driving growth in commercial real estate among China's big cities. Young entrepreneurs and educated Chinese returnees are renting more space than predicted for the use of start-up business ventures, increasing housing demand in the surrounding areas as more employees become located in Beijing and Shanghai.

Real-estate developer Soho China 's Chief Executive Zhang Xin is as uncertain about the country's property market as the next person, but she is keeping her money on Beijing and Shanghai as tech companies boost real estate demand in these cities.

"We see all these exciting young entrepreneurs starting up companies in the IT, internet sectors. They are the new tenants coming in not just renting a little space but renting a lot of space - floors and floors," Zhang told CNBC on the sidelines of a JP Morgan conference in Beijing on Tuesday.