星巴克(Starbucks)計劃每年在中國開設至少100家咖啡店，以求在中國市場初步成功的基礎上繼續發展。這家咖啡連鎖店預計，中國市場的規模最終將可趕上其美國本土市場。

　　Starbucks plans to open at least 100 stores a year in China, aiming to build on early successes in a market the coffee chain expects will eventually rival its domestic US market in scale.

　　自1999年以來，該公司已在中國開設了約200家店面，并計劃加快在北京、上海、廣州等大城市以及發展迅速的中國內陸地區的投資。

　　The company has opened about 200 stores in China since 1999 and plans to accelerate its investment both in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and in China’s fast-developing hinterland.

　　星巴克還在收緊其對中國特許經營店的控制權。該公司昨日表示，它已完成一項收購，收購對象是一家在北京和天津經營62家星巴克咖啡店的合作公司的控股股東。

　　Starbucks is also tightening control over its China franchise. It said yesterday it had bought out the controlling shareholders in the company that operates 62 outlets in Beijing and Tianjin.