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Yuexiu Property Acquires Lands in Lin-an, Hangzhou

Yuexiu Property Acquires Lands in Lin-an, Hangzhou

Write: Rewa [2011-05-20]

At a Consideration of RMB589 Million, Permissible GFA Totals 818,000sq. m.

Hong Kong, 6 December 2010 Yuexiu Property Company Limited ( Yuexiu Property or the Company ) (HKEx Stock Code: 0123) announced today that the Company acquired, through its 100% owned subsidiary, five parcels of land in Lin-an, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province (collectively the Lin-an Land Parcels ) at an open land auction.

The Lin-an Land Parcels are located in Qingshan Village, Qingshanhu Street, Lin-an Economic Development Zone, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province and is approximately 30 kilometres from the urban area of Hangzhou and approximately 10 kilometres from the urban area of Lin-an. The five parcels of land are contiguous, with a planned road Jingshi Road passing through in the middle.

The Lin-an Land Parcels have a total site area of approximately 261,800 sq.m. and a total permissible gross floor area of approximately 818,000 sq.m. The acquisition consideration amounts to RMB589,100,000 representing an acquisition price of RMB720 per sq.m. The parcels of land are approved for residential, office and commercial (including retailing, accommodation and catering) uses, of which the area allocated for each of commercial, office and hotel uses shall not be less than 50,000 sq.

m.

Hangzhou is a famous tourist city in China, with the number of tourists exceeding 50 million in 2009. The region has bright prospects for planned development and will be built into the New Lin-an City in the future. Besides, it is also a key scientific research and innovation base of Zhejiang Province with 17 key national scientific research institutions to be moved in.

Mr. Lu Zhifeng, Chairman of Yuexiu Property, said, With the implementation of the integration strategy for the Yangtze River Delta Region by the Chinese Government, the opening of the Shanghai-Nanjing and Shanghai-Hangzhou High-speed Railways and the upcoming opening of the Nanjing-Hangzhou High-speed Railway, places within the Yangtze River Delta Region will be more closely linked than ever, thereby creating good development prospects for the business operating environment and for the property market.

The acquisition of the Lin-an Land Parcels is an important step of the Company s strategy implementation in strengthening its property business.

Together with the Lin-an Land Parcels acquired this time, the Company has a total land bank of 9.99 million square meters to date. Up to October, aggregated contracted sales GFA and sales have already reached 90% and 97% respectively of the Group s full-year targets, which targets are expected to be exceeded.
Yuexiu Property Company Limited
The Company was listed in Hong Kong in 1992 and is one of the top 10 integrated property developers in Guangzhou. The Company s main business is property development with its operations mainly concentrated in the Guangzhou area.