2026 · Investor/Pass Founder Ledger
Yang Guoqiang — Founder Ledger Overview
Yang Guoqiang's role is documented as: founder of Country Garden; resigned as chairman and executive director effective March 1, 2023, remaining involved as a special advisor to the group Country Garden confirmed in an October 2023 statement that Yang Guoqiang (referred to by his Cantonese name Yeung Kwok-keung) and his daughter/successor Yang Huiyan were both still 'working as normal' in China, denying social-media rumors that they had left the country, per South China Morning Post (2026-08-23 research date).
2023 · Mingtiandi
Yang Huiyan Now Solo Chairman of Country Garden
Yang Guoqiang (Cantonese: Yeung Kwok Keung), then 68, tendered his resignation from his positions at Country Garden 'for age reasons' effective March 1, 2023, joining a string of mainland developer founders stepping back from their posts during China's property crisis.
2023 · South China Morning Post
Chinese property developer Country Garden denies talk its founder and chairman have left China, says they are 'working as normal'
In October 2023, amid a debt crisis in which Country Garden had reportedly missed a $15 million offshore coupon payment, the company publicly denied social-media rumors that Yang Guoqiang and Yang Huiyan had left China, stating both were 'working as normal' and reserving the right to pursue responsibility for what it called 'malicious rumour mongering.'.