According to the "Sales Rankings of Chinese Real Estate Companies for Q3 2009" report released on October 9 by CRIC (China) Information Technology Co., Ltd., in cooperation with the China Real Estate Appraisal and Shanghai E-house R&D Institute, Evergrande Real Estate Group leaped to first place in terms of floor space sold for the first three quarters of 2009, land reserves at the end of the third quarter, area of projects under construction, as well as floor space sold and sales revenue for the third quarter.