Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. Announces Termination of Best Efforts Offering by Shareholders

BEIJING, June 11 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. ("Xinyuan" or "the Company") (NYSE: XIN), a residential real estate developer with a focus on high growth, strategic Tier II cities in China, today announced that it has been advised that the three selling shareholders named in the preliminary prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the SEC on June 4, 2010 ("Prospectus Supplement"), Blue Ridge China Partners, L.P., EI Fund II China, LLC and Ms. Yuyan Yang, have terminated their best efforts offering of up to 9,500,000 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs").

The selling shareholders may sell ADSs pursuant to the methods of sale described in the "Plan of Distribution" section of the prospectus filed on November 3, 2009 relating to the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 that was declared effective on October 30, 2009.

About Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.

Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. is a developer of large scale, high quality residential real estate projects aimed at providing middle-income consumers with a comfortable and convenient community lifestyle. Xinyuan focuses on China's Tier II cities, characterized as larger, more developed urban areas with above average GDP and population growth rates. Xinyuan has expanded its network to cover a total population of over 44.7 million people in seven strategically selected Tier II cities, comprising Hefei, Jinan, Kunshan, Suzhou, Zhengzhou, Xuzhou and Chengdu. Xinyuan is the first real estate developer from China to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit http://www.xyre.com .

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    For more information, please contact:

    In China:
     Mr. Tom Gurnee
     Chief Financial Officer
     Tel:   +86-10-8588-9390
     Email: [email protected]

     Ms. Helen Zhang
     Director of Investor Relations
     Tel:   +86-10-8588-9255
     Email: [email protected]

    In the United States:
     Mr. Bill Zima
     ICR, Inc.
     Tel:   +1-203-682-8200
     Email: [email protected]

     Ms. Kate Messmer
     ICR, Inc.
     Tel:   +1-203-682-8338
     Email: [email protected]

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