(21 December, 2012 - Guangzhou) On 21 December, Aoyuan Plaza, the first genuine international trendy shopping mall in Panyu"s business development history, launched its long-awaited grand opening. The chairman of the CPPCC in Panyu District Tan Ying Hua, the Standing Committee member of the District Committee and the managing deputy mayor Chen De Jun, other relevant leaders in Panyu District, members of Qiao Nan Street Party Working Committee, leaders of the street offices and persons in charge of relevant departments in the district, leaders of the Group including the chairman of the Board Guo Zi Wen, the chief executive officer of the Group Guo Zi Ning as well as representatives from a number of companies, media organizations and other sectors of the community attended the opening ceremony to witness this epoch-making moment in the business development history of Panyu and even Guangzhou.

At 11:30 am, the government leaders in Panyu District, chairman of the Board of Aoyuan Group Guo Zi Wen together with other business representatives conducted the ribbon-cutting opening ceremony. On behalf of the District Committee and the District Government, Chen De Jun , the Standing Committee member of the District Committee and the managing deputy mayor gave a speech at the opening ceremony. Mr. Chen commented that the opening of Aoyuan Plaza played an important role in fostering the upgrading and evolution of trade services in southern Guangzhou by marking an end to Panyu"s history of lacking large modern shopping centre, which would further promote the development and prosperity of Panyu District and southern Guangzhou. The chief executive officer of Aoyuan Group Guo Zi Ning stated in his speech: with a high starting point and positioning of Aoyuan Plaza, we are striving to make it a world-class large trendy shopping mall. We have confidence in developing Aoyuan Plaza"s high-end positioning and characters to become a luminous pearl among the business projects in Panyu and the Pearl River Delta at large, to rank the first among the shopping and leisure destinations for the Panyu public and to become a beautiful landscape which Panyu people are proud of. After the speech, leaders of the District Committee and District Government, accompanied by the persons in charge of Aoyuan Group, visited the newly opened Aoyaun Plaza to get a touch of its stylish charm together with the general public. 

For the general public to fully appreciate the stylish and flourishing business charm of Aoyuan Plaza, the 12-day "Aoyuan Plaza Opening Super Carnival"campaign was launched at the same time. The activities consisted of three chapters, namely Starlight Aoyuan, Premium Aoyuan and Stylish Aoyuan, in which numerous voguish stars would make their fervent stage appearances, bringing Aoyuan intense popularity and an extraordinary experience of fashion.

During the course of design, construction and inviting investment, the project of Aoyuan Plaza absorbed the most advanced design concepts and operational experience. Leveraging on the excellent market potential of Panyu, the powerful resources integration ability as well as professional operational management capability of Aoyuan"s business team, the project was recognized by a wide range of brand-name businesses. In addition to the joint debut made by H&M and ZARA in Guangzhou, other brands which had their shops in Panyu for the first time included: the flagship store of CR Vanguard, Suning Elite, Starbucks, Tao Heung, Hui Lau Shan, Miao Xiang Ju, DAZZLE Women, Delicious Hotpot, Jiamaojia, Citistore, BreadTalk, Doctorglasses, Yuyuto Children"s Playground, GXG, LOCK & LOCK e.t.c.

Southern District manager of H&M, who was the representative of the merchants, opined: the operation and development of businesses depend not only on the matching of the conditions of the project and the requirements of the site, but also on the professionalism and a good sense of service of the partner in achieving a stable operation, and Aoyuan Plaza is such a good platform. They also commented highly on the professional competence as well as service awareness of Aoyuan"s management team, and showed full confidence for the future operation.

Since the soft opening of Aoyuan Plaza on 8 December, the Mall has been flooded with customers every day. Receiving unanimous positive comments from the general public, Aoyuan Plaza has gradually become the preferred location for stylish and leisure dating in Panyu. During the opening of the venue, almost a hundred well-known brands commenced operation, including Suning, BreadTalk, Xin Jia Xin Digital, MindBridge, BasicHouse, Selected, Bo and Citistore. It was expected that the event would attract nearly 200,000 visitors to come to experience the brand new consumption experience brought by the super carnival of Aoyuan Plaza. As the first top-quality international trendy shopping mall in Panyu, Aoyuan Plaza is leading the thriving and fashionable lifestyle of the people in Panyu and is bound to become the preferred shopping and leisure destination as well as the apple of the eyes for Panyu people.

Chairman of the Board of Aoyuan Group Guo Zi Wen said: as the first genuine international large trendy shopping mall developed by Aoyuan Group, Aoyuan Plaza is an important carrier of Aoyuan Group"s strategy of developing commercial and residential properties in parallel. Its opening implies a solid step taken by Aoyuan towards commercial real estate business. In the future, the Group will continue to uphold the strategy of developing commercial and residential properties in parallel for promoting better development of Aoyuan"s commercial real estate sector.