HONG KONG, April 30 (Reuters) - Developer Jinke Property Group has prepared a preliminary plan to restructure debt, it told investors on Tuesday, after becoming the first Chinese-listed developer accepted for re-organisation by a domestic court last week.

The company, based in southwestern Chongqing, is among many developers defaulting on debt since the sector slipped into crisis in mid-2021 but is the first to file its restructuring plan with a Chinese court.

Jinke, which is in default on $1.6 billion of onshore bonds and a $325-million dollar bond, is the first nationwide property developer to seek re-organisation of both onshore and offshore debt under Chinese bankruptcy law, in a court-led exercise.

Jinke plans to prioritise restructuring towards the holding company and an investment unit first, Chairman Zhou Da told an earnings conference, but without giving details, according to the minutes of a meeting seen by Reuters.

The Shenzhen-listed company has hired CICC as adviser, and has been communicating with creditors and potential strategic investors, it added. In June, it signed a strategic pact with a unit of China Great Wall Asset Management.

It said it had won support from the Chongqing municipal government, which recently set up a task force to help resolve related risks, the minutes showed.

Reuters could not immediately reach Jinke officials to seek comment.

Jinke has previously said its re-organisation will be jointly led by the court and a manager, in addition to the company.

S&P Ratings said Jinke's reorganisation could serve as a template for other distressed companies.

"The outcome will provide insight to offshore investors on the benefits of court-led debt resolutions in China," it said in a statement last week.

"The event may also reset investors' sense of risk on developers' offshore debt - for better or worse."

A court-led process is more constructive for issuers because it would result in a comprehensive restructuring package by cutting debt and injecting fresh equity, the ratings agency added.

The agency expected claims of offshore and onshore bond investors would rank equally, with both creditors and shareholders likely to take haircuts. (Reporting by Clare Jim; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)