At the meeting, the Company's shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young Hua Ming as the independent registered public accounting firm for Xinyuan Real Estate for the year ending December 31, 2009.

About Xinuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.

Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. ("Xinyuan") (NYSE: XIN) 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, Chengdu and Xuzhou. 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 .

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning our beliefs, forecasts, estimates and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including, but not limited to, the risk that: our financing costs are subject to changes in interest rates; our results of operations may fluctuate from period to period; the recognition of our real estate revenue and costs relies on our estimation of total project sales value and costs; we may be unable to complete our property developments on time or at all; any construction delays, or failure to complete a project according to our planned specifications or budget, may delay our property sales, which could harm our revenues, cash flows and our reputation; the recognition of our real estate revenue and costs relies upon our estimation of total project sales value and costs; we may forfeit land to the PRC government if we fail to comply with procedural requirements applicable to land grants from the government or the terms of the land use rights grant contracts; we may fail to obtain, or may experience material delays in obtaining, necessary government approvals for any major property development, which will adversely affect our business; increases in the price of raw materials may increase our cost of sales and reduce our earnings; we are heavily dependent on the performance of the residential property market in China, which is at a relatively early development stage; PRC economic, political and social conditions as well as government policies can affect our business, and other risks outlined in our public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008. All information provided in this press release is as of December 31, 2009. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

    For more information, please contact:

    In China:
     Mr. Tom Gurnee
     Chief Financial Officer
     Tel:   +86-10-8588-9390
     Email: tom.gurnee@xyre.com

     Ms. Helen Zhang
     Director of Investor Relations
     Tel:   +86-10-8588-9255
     Email: yuan.z@xyre.com

    In the United States:
     Mr. Bill Zima
     ICR, LLC
     Tel:   +1-203-682-8200
     Email: Bill.zima@icrinc.com

     Ms. Kate Messmer
     ICR, LLC
     Tel:   +1-203-682-8338
     Email: kate.messmer@icrinc.com

SOURCE Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.

http://www.xyre.com