Why are wooden houses unpopular in China?

Wood structure buildings are widely used in the world, that is, single-family and multi-storey apartment buildings, low-rise commercial buildings and public buildings, such as restaurants, schools, churches, shops, office buildings and so on. In North America, the proportion of wooden buildings is as high as 90%, and in Japan, the proportion has also exceeded 50%.

In China, due to the distribution of land, no individual can own the ownership of construction land, which at least leads to large-scale housing construction and relative incompetence of wood structures. In remote areas, considering economic and technical problems, it is not necessary to use wooden houses.

North American style wooden house villa. The material is log (15 ~ 20cm thick). The main frame, walls and girders are all made of logs. After assembly, the main frame is exposed, so that you can see the whole wooden house at a glance. Log materials are energy-saving, environmentally friendly, good in thermal insulation, earthquake-resistant and wind-resistant, durable, fire-proof, moisture-proof, noise-proof and short in construction period. (www.cymuyi.com Fuqiang Wooden House Company)