January 2007

The booming economic development in Hebei Province has attracted the the budget franchised hotel chain Super 8, which has opened its first franchised hotel in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei Province.

Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotel Development Limited Company has signed an agreement with its shareholder Shanghai Jin Jiang International Company for increasing the investment of its economy franchised hotel brand, Jin Jiang Inn.

McDonald's has ended the history of only supplying Coca-Cola by selling Pepsi in some of its restaurants in the United States.

With the closure of Qingdao Starbucks Coffee store which is located at the east building of Hai Tian Hotel, Starbucks has now formally left the Qingdao market after a two year lawsuit in which it…

Intel China has signed a memorandum of understanding with TCL Computer and Langtaosha Chain Netcafe in Nanjing to construct a chain of netcafes.

Approved by the Standardization Administration of China, the National Franchise Standardization Techniques Commission will soon be established, undertaking the missions of making and regulating the standards in the field of franchises in China.

Hai Ya Department Store has formally opened a new branch store in Huizhou, which is also its fifth store in the Pearl River Delta region.

Following the tide of foreign retailers flocking to China, UK's Tesco will open its stores in Beijing at the beginning of February.

The American fast food chain McDonald's has opened its first drive-thru in Beijing.

Chinese electronic retailer Gome has formed a strategic partnership with online payment platform 99bill.com on jointly providing online payment services to customers.