News Release

BEIJING, March 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. ("Xinyuan" or "the Company") (NYSE: XIN), a residential real estate developer with a focus on high growth cities in China, today announced that it has acquired a land parcel in Changsha City, Hunan Province.

This land parcel is located in a newly planned Central Business District area in the west of Changsha City, the capital city of central China's Hunan Province. A subway line passing through the area is under construction and will be open in October this year. The land parcel offers a site area of approximately 89,460 square meters. Xinyuan paid a total of RMB688.9 million (approximately US$112.2 million) for the land use rights. The Company plans to develop high rise residential apartments, low-density residential apartments/condos, as well as commercial property on this land parcel for a total estimated gross floor area of approximately 268,381 square meters with an average estimated floor price of approximately RMB2,567 per square meter.

Mr. Yong Zhang, Chairman of Xinyuan, commented, "We have been studying the Changsha market for a long time and are excited to enter this fast growing capital city in central China with strong consumption power and healthy supply demand balance in the local real estate market. Entering the Changsha market fits our strategy of focusing on high growth second tier cities and our business model of fast asset turnover. This newly acquired land parcel is well situated in a developing area and we believe it represents a promising start for our first project in Changsha."

About Xinyuan 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. In China, Xinyuan primarily focuses its development projects in Tier II cities, Zhengzhou, Ji'nan, Suzhou, Kunshan, Xuzhou, Chengdu and Hefei. The Company's U.S. development arm, XIN Development Group International, Inc., is a pioneer amongst Chinese real estate residential developers, entering the US market in 2012. Xinyuan is the first real estate developer from China to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit http://en.xyre.com/ir.html.

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For more information, please contact:

Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.

Ms. Helen Zhang
Interim CFO
Tel: +86 (10) 8588-9398
Email: irmanager@xyre.com

ICR, LLC

William Zima
In U.S.: +1 646-308-1472
In China: +86 (10) 6583-7511
Email: William.zima@icrinc.com

SOURCE Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.