Zheng Nanyan, CEO of Guangzhou-based budget hotel chain 7 Days Inn, says his hotel plans to open 30 budget hotels in major cities of China in 2006 and aims to invest and run over 300 hotels and become one of the strongest budget hotel brands in the country by 2010.

At present, 7 Days Inn is going to open its fourth franchised hotel at Guangzhou Tianhe. More hotels like the 7 Days Inn Jianshe Damalu, 7 Days Inn Huanshizhong, 7 Days Inn Liwan and 7 Days Inn Jiangwan will come out within three months.

By the end of this year, there will be more than ten 7 Days Inn hotels in Guangzhou.

In addition, 7 Days Inn has signed agreements to open new hotels in Beijing and Wuxi.

7 Days Inn was invested and founded in Guangzhou in May 2005.