(organization: the activity of the housing rental market is expected to maintain an upward trend in the second quarter). The China Housing Rental Market Development report (first quarter 2023), completed by the joint research group of Wifang Research Institute, Shell Research Institute, Xinhuanet Industrial Economics Research Institute, and Real Estate Professional Committee of China Urban Economics Association, was released to the public. The report shows that in the first quarter of this year, the activity of the housing rental market increased, and housing rents rose slightly from the previous quarter, but lower than the level of the same period last year.