房产税(real estate tax，property tax)作为一项规范房地产市场的长期机制(a long-term mechanism to regulate the real estate market)，已酝酿了十余年(be on the cards for more than 10 years)，陆克华此言一出立刻引发公众广泛关注(draw wide public attention)。

　　Lu Kehua, vice-minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, said that the introduction of real estate tax was a reform task set during the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and he said that legislation for real estate tax is now being prepared by the departments concerned.
　　住建部副部长陆克华称，引入房地产税是十八届三中全会确定的改革任务之一。有关部门目前正在就房产税立法做准备工作。