China Evergrande : UNAUDITED OPERATING STATISTICS OF PROPERTIES OF THE GROUP FOR DECEMBER 2016 AND FOR THE YEAR

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CHINA EVERGRANDE GROUP

中 國 恒 大 集 團

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 3333)

UNAUDITED OPERATING STATISTICS OF

PROPERTIES OF THE GROUP FOR DECEMBER 2016 AND FOR THE YEAR

The board of directors (the ''Board'') of China Evergrande Group (the ''Company'', together with its subsidiaries, the ''Group'') is pleased to announce that the Group's contracted sales of properties for the month of December 2016 amounted to approximately RMB24.52 billion. The contracted sales area was approximately 2.740 million square meters. The average contracted selling price of properties was RMB8,950 per square meter.

For the year 2016, the contracted sales amount was approximately RMB373.37 billion, an increase of 85.4% over the contracted sales amount for the year 2015. During the year, 124.5% of the contracted sales target of RMB300 billion was completed. The contracted sales area for the year was approximately 44.690 million square meters, the average contracted selling price for the year was RMB8,355 per square meter, an increase of 75.2% and 5.9% over the year 2015, respectively.

The Group's sales collection for the year amounted to approximately RMB300.89 billion as at 31 December 2016. As at 31 December 2016, the cash balance was approximately RMB304.30 billion. These figures are subject to the final audit confirmation.

The above-mentioned sales, sales collection, collection rate and cash balance data is unaudited and is based on preliminary internal information of the Group, which may differ from figures to be disclosed in the audited or unaudited consolidated financial statements to be published by the Company on an annual or half-yearly basis due to various uncertainties during the process of collecting such sales, sales collection, collection rate and cash balance information. As such, the above data is provided for

investors' reference only. Investors are advised to exercise caution and not to place undue reliance on such information when dealing in the securities of the Company. When in doubt, investors are advised to seek professional advice from professional or financial advisers.

By order of the Board

China Evergrande Group Hui Ka Yan

Chairman

Hong Kong, 6 January 2017

As at the date of this announcement, the executive Directors are Mr. Hui Ka Yan, Mr. Xia Haijun, Ms. He Miaoling, Mr. Pan Darong, Mr. Xu Wen and Mr. Huang Xiangui; and the independent non-executive Directors are Mr. Chau Shing Yim, David, Mr. He Qi and Ms. Xie Hongxi.