Chinese supermarket operator Lianhua has said it is applying to set up its first European store with a partner in Belgium by the end of the year.
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Lianhua plans to sell its goods in Europe and buy European products to sell in China, according to company executive Richard Zhou.
“We should get a licence for an office in one to two months, and for a supermarket perhaps before the end of this year,” Zhou, a spokesman for Lianhua’s planned European office, told Reuters.
Zhou said Lianhua would seek to tie up French retailer Carrefour or another major European operator.
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