The firm, struggling to repay more than $US300 billion ($A415 billion) in liabilities, also said its contracted sales for 2021 had plunged 39 per cent from the previous year to 443 billion yuan ($US69.5 billion).
Its shares surged as much as 10 per cent in Hong Kong before trimming gains to close 1.3 per cent higher at $HK1.61, compared to a 3.5 per cent rise in the broader Chinese property sector.
Evergrande's shares were suspended from trading on Monday until Tuesday afternoon, pending the release of a statement from the company, which has become the poster child for troubles in China's giant property market.
Evergrande confirmed late on Monday that on December 30 authorities in Danzhou city, Hainan province, had ordered it to demolish 39 buildings at Ocean Flower Island, a massive integrated resort development where Evergrande has spent 81 billion yuan ($US13 billion) to build over 60,000 homes.
It did not disclose the reason for the demolition order and Reuters could not reach Hainan provincial authorities for comment.
Local media, citing a screenshot of the official order, reported prior to Evergrande's confirmation on the demolition that the buildings needed to be demolished within 10 days for illegal construction and environmental violations.
The order did not involve other plots of land in the project, Evergrande said on Tuesday.
"The company will actively communicate with the authority in accordance with the guidance of the decision letter and resolve the issue properly," it added in the filing.
On its liquidity status in general, the firm said it would continue to actively maintain communication with creditors.
With Evergrande finding it tough to pay its suppliers and contractors due to the liquidity squeeze, some of its projects were halted. But the company said last week 91.7 per cent of its projects nationwide had resumed construction, and over 100 developments totalling 39,000 units would complete building in December.
J.P. Morgan said in a report early this week that most developers had missed their 2021 sales targets, although sales still managed average growth of 3 per cent on-year.
The investment bank expected yearly sales growth to continue to shrink in the first quarter due to a very high base and weak market sentiment.Â
