Gemdale Corporation was founded in 1988 and began to operate its real estate business in 1993. In April 2001, Gemdale Corporation was successfully listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and became one of the first batches of listed real estate companies after the ban on the listing of real estate companies in China was lifted.

Adhering to the corporate mission of "the science of living" and highlighting the unique features of "professionalism, perfectionism, and persistence" in its business operation, Gemdale has become a nationwide prestigious brand with distinctive characteristics and superb competitiveness in the real estate industry. In 2010，Gemdale Corporation adopted its development strategy of “One Core Business,Two branches”, that is, “focusing on the core business of residential property development while supplementing it with commercial property development and financial business”, and steadily promoted the transformation of its business models, in an effort to become the most valuable internationalized conglomerate in China.