Can foreigners apply for real estate registration when they buy homesteads in Dongguan?

Non-peasant collective members who use the homestead without the approval of the government cannot apply for real estate registration.

Notice of the Ministry of Land and Resources on Further Accelerating the Registration and Certification of Homestead and Collective Construction Land (Guo Tu Zi Fa [20 16] 19 1)

Seven, according to the law to determine the non peasant collective members legally obtained the right to use the homestead. For poverty alleviation and relocation, prevention and control of geological disasters, new rural construction, resettlement and other non-peasant collective members who use the homestead in accordance with the unified planning of the government, after withdrawing from the original homestead and going through the cancellation of registration, the right to use the homestead occupied by new houses shall be determined according to law.

1982 before the implementation of the regulations on the administration of rural construction land, the homestead legally acquired by non-agricultural registered permanent residence residents (including overseas Chinese) or the homestead occupied by houses legally acquired, which has not been expanded since the implementation of the regulations on the administration of rural construction land, can be registered according to the actual use area. From the implementation of 1982 "Regulations on the Management of Rural Construction Land" to the revision of 1999 "Land Management Law", the homestead legally acquired by non-agricultural registered permanent residence residents (including overseas Chinese) or the homestead occupied by houses legally acquired shall be registered in accordance with the approved area, and those exceeding the approved area shall be indicated in the supplementary column of the register and ownership certificate.