Xinyuan is a real estate developer building large-scale residential projects for middle-income consumers in China's Tier II cities. The company was founded in 1997 in Zhengzhou, China and puts up developments aimed at providing middle-income consumers with a community lifestyle. Xinyuan's business model emphasizes high asset turnover, efficient working capital management and strict cost control.
Xinyuan's projects in China extend to Tier II cities: Chengdu, Hefei, Jinan, Kunshan, Suzhou, and Zhengzhou. They have a total of 26 projects and more than 3 million square meters of GFA developed, under construction and under planning.[citation needed]
On December 7, 2005, Forte (Group) Co. Ltd announced that its subsidiary Shanghai Xinyuan Real Estate Development Co. Ltd had successfully acquired 30% stake of Shanghai Baisi Property Co.
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Xinyuan was selected as one of "China's Sixty Best Employers for 2007" in a survey conducted by China Central Television.[5] The China Real Estate Top 10 Committee has selected Xinyuan as one of "China's Top 10 Overseas-Listed Real Estate Developers", and has awarded it the "Top 100 Chinese Real Estate Companies with Greatest Growth Potential Award" once, and the "Top 100 Chinese Real Estate Companies Award" thrice consecutively.[5]
In 2009, Xinyuan purchased a portion of the real estate portfolio of prolific Brooklyn real estate developer Isaac Hager who declared bankruptcy.[11] In 2012, the company entered the United States real estate market as XIN Development Group International, Inc.[1] With a development in Brooklyn, New York, it became the first Chinese developer with a major project in the United States.[12]
In 2017, Lizhou Zhang succeeded Xinqi Wang as CEO.[13]
On January 7, 2024, the company's US division declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[14] On April 15, 2025, creditors pushed Xinyuan Real Estate into bankruptcy for the second time in a year in order to collect on bonds due back in 2024.[15]
Services and subsidiaries
Xinyuan provides landscaping and intercom systems installation services through two of its 11 subsidiaries, Zhengzhou Mingyuan Landscape Engineering Co., Ltd. and Zhengzhou Xinyuan Computer Network Engineering Co., Ltd.[16]
