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China's top 100 developers recorded combined sales of 1.44 trillion yuan ($199 billion) from January to May, a 10.8 percent year-on-year decline, according to the latest data from real estate market consultancy China Index Holdings.

根据房地产市场咨询机构中指控股的最新数据，今年1月至5月，中国百强房企累计实现销售额1.44万亿元人民币（1990亿美元），同比下降10.8%。

The contraction remained largely unchanged from the first four months of this year, with only a marginal 0.6 percentage point narrowing, underscoring the continued challenges faced by the sector.

销售降幅与今年前四个月相比基本持平，仅小幅收窄0.6个百分点，突显出该行业面临的持续挑战。

The monthly data also revealed an intensifying downward trend, with May sales alone falling 17.3 percent year-on-year, a 0.5 percentage point wider decline compared to April.

月度数据还显示下行趋势加剧，仅5月份销售额就同比下降17.3%，降幅较4月扩大0.5个百分点。

The gradual deterioration in sales performance came despite some variations across different tiers of developers.

尽管不同梯队的开发商表现存在差异，但销售业绩仍持续走低。

While firms ranked 31-50 managed to limit their sales decline to 3.6 percent, other segments saw more pronounced decreases, particularly those ranked 51-100 where sales plummeted by over 15 percent, according to the CIH data.

根据中国指数研究院（CIH）的数据，排名第31至50名的房企成功将销售额降幅控制在3.6%，而其他梯队则出现了更显著的下跌，尤其是排名第51至100名的房企，其销售额暴跌超过15%。  

In addition, market concentration appeared to be increasing, with 33 developers maintaining sales above 10 billion yuan, matching last year's performance in the same period.

此外，市场集中度似乎正在提高。有33家开发商的销售额维持在百亿元以上，与去年同期持平。

Within this group, the number of developers surpassing 50 billion yuan actually increased by one to eight, while those crossing the 5 billion yuan threshold fell by six to 64, highlighting how larger developers are demonst