A city in eastern China has offered to provide a large area of land to movie star Jackie Chan to prevent him donating ancient Chinese homes overseas.

The kung fu legend said last month he intends to give four of 10 historical buildings he purchased two decades ago to the Singapore University of Technology and Design, which had promised to preserve them.

Originally built in Anhui province between 200 and 400 years ago, the structures were dismantled and are in storage in Hong Kong.