
Shoppers at a newly opened Walmart store in Shenzhen’s Longgang District during the weekend. Located in Yicheng Square in the Pingdi area of Longgang, the store is the 28th store the world’s largest retailer has opened in Shenzhen and seventh in Longgang District. Fan Ping, a senior operations manager with Walmart’s China division, said the company is committed to the Shenzhen market. The retailer’s Shekou store has been ranked No. 1 among all Walmart stores in China for years in terms of sales, Fan said.

The first Walmart store opened in 1996 in China and the store's global purchase office was established in 2002 in Shenzhen.