With the opening of additional six stores, Chinese supermarket operator Yonghui Superstores' retail outlets had reached 204 by the end of 2011.

Starbucks announced that it has signed an agreement with Hong Kong Maxim's Caterers Limited, Starbucks' joint venture partner in southern China, to gain a 100% stake in over half of Starbucks coffee shops in mainland China.

Golden Eagle Retail Group and the Shaanxi government have signed a cooperation project with a worth of CNY5 billion at the just-concluded Shaanxi & Jiangsu economic cooperation project signing ceremony. In the next five years, Golden Eagle plans to open six to ten chain flagship department stores in Shaanxi. Xi'an is one of the first [...]

According to figures released by the Xi'an Tourism Administration, the capital of Shaanxi province received more than 48 million tourists from home and abroad in the first 10 months of 2010, exceeding the full-year figure of 40 million for 2009.

The global ice cream brand DQ has entered the market in Shannxi Province with the recent opening of two stores in Xi'an.

Baskin-Robbins, one of the world's largest ice cream chains, has established a strategic partnership with Shaanxi Stellerich Food and Restaurant Co., Ltd. to jointly explore the mainland China market in the eastern and northwestern areas.