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July 28, 2023
Yong Zhang
Chief Executive Officer
Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.
27/F, China Central Place, Tower II
79 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100025
People s Republic of China
Re: Xinyuan Real Estate
Co., Ltd.
Form 20-F for the
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
File No. 001-33863
Dear Yong Zhang:
We have limited our review of your filing to the submission
and/or disclosures as
required by Item 16I of Form 20-F and have the following comment.
Please respond to this comment within ten business days by
providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond.
After reviewing your
response to this comments, we may have additional comments.
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Item 16I. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent
Inspections, page 159
1. We note that during
your fiscal year 2022 you were identified by the Commission
pursuant to Section
104(i)(2)(A) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C.
7214(i)(2)(A)) as
having retained, for the preparation of the audit report on your financial
statements included in
the Form 20-F, a registered public accounting firm that has a
branch or office that
is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the Public Company
Accounting Oversight
Board had determined it is unable to inspect or investigate
completely because of a
position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction. Please
provide the
documentation required by Item 16I(a) of Form 20-F or tell us why you are
not required to do so.
Additionally, please amend your Form 20-F to provide the
disclosures required
under Item 16I(b) of Form 20-F. Refer to the Staff Statement on the
Holding Foreign
Companies Accountable Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2023, available on our
website at https://www.sec.gov/corpfin/announcement/statement-
hfcaa-040623.
Yong Zhang
Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.
July 28, 2023
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We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.
Please contact Kyle Wiley at (202) 344-5791 or Christopher Dunham at
(202) 551-3783
with any questions.
Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameYong Zhang
Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameXinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Disclosure Review
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