Published: January 29th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

By choosing the name Evergrande, company founder Xu Jiayin probably once wanted to emphasize that his property company would remain „eternally grand.“ However, a more apt interpretation of the current situation of what was once China’s second-largest construction company is: Will Evergrande ever be grand? No, because the property group is being wound up.