In recent years, the non-public economy grows fast in our country, which has played an important part in promoting the continuous and fast development of national economy, further perfecting socialist market economy system, alleviating employment pressure and constructing socialism harmonious society. On December 20, the attention-drawing second commendatory meeting for “outstanding builders of China characteristic socialism cause” was held in the Great Hall of the People. Ninety-nine private entrepreneurs including Xu Jiayin, the chairman of board of directors of the Group, awarded this special honour, among them there were six Guangdong entrepreneurs.  
It is reported that this commendation is sponsored jointly by United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Personnel, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. It is the supreme honour to outstanding builders, expressing the Party Central Committee and the State Council’s concern and expectation for numerous personage of non-public economy. These outstanding builders, like the national model workers and May 1st Labour Medal winners, are the most advanced and most outstanding representatives of Chinese nation and have great prestige in the hearts of national people.
Jia Qinglin, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and deputy chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, congratulated the non-public economic personage awarded the title with honour and pointed out that with the development of non-public economy, the group of non-public economy personnel grows in strength and there emerge many representative personage who are consciousness politically, strong economically, influential to the society and devoted to the people. They have established good society image with their practical action, received widespread praise and commendation from all walks of life, serving as a positive exemplary role in guiding numerous non-public economy personage to become qualified Chinese characteristic socialism cause builders. Liu Yandong, deputy president of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and minister of United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, and Huang Mengfu, the deputy president of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce met the representatives.
It is reported that Xu Jiayin, chairman of board of directors of the Group, who is awarded this time, adheres to innovation for many years, formulates Standard of Splendour Fine Works and Standard of Splendour Ecological Residence and creates an “Evergrande mode” of Chinese real estate management. In addition, Xu Jiayin actively advocates sincere management, endeavours to reconstruct industry order and public trust, makes great efforts to build a healthy management environment for real estate industry to promote city operation and the favourable development of China housing industry. He takes the lead to propose the idea of “corporate citizen” in the industry. Up to now from 2001, the enterprise he led has accepted nearly 3000 laid-off workers, received graduates of more than 1000 and contributed 85,000,000yuan to public welfare cause such as charities, culture, education, sports etc.