Construction ban still par for the course

Golfing industry has huge potential despite laws against building greens

BEIJING - Banned since 2004 in China for being "too bourgeois", golf-course construction has been secretly booming, senior land superintendents said on Tuesday.

Li Jianqin, head of the law enforcement and supervision department with the Ministry of Land and Resources, warned that an approved plan to build golf courses in Hainan province as it becomes a global resort does not mean others can ignore the ban.