Shanghai Hualian Lawson Co., Ltd., founded in Japan in 1975, is the world's largest convenience chain group, covering the whole of Japan's convenience chain enterprises, mainly opening convenience stores that are open 24 hours a day all year round

Shanghai Hualian Lawson Co., Ltd. is a Sino-foreign joint venture jointly invested by Bailian Group and Japan's Lawson Co., Ltd.

Bailian Group Co., Ltd. was established in June 2004 and is currently the largest circulation industry group in China. In 2006, the total business volume of the group was 148.233 billion yuan, with a total of 7,180 business outlets in 25 provinces and cities across the country, covering almost all kinds of existing formats of the international trade circulation group, such as department stores, standard supermarkets, hypermarkets, convenience stores, shopping centers, professional stores and logistics, with more than 50,000 employees and 170,000 employees, ranking 17th among the top 500 Chinese enterprises. The group's long-term goal is to enter the Fortune 500 by 2010 and become "China's No. 1 and world-class circulation industry group" by 2015.

Japan Lawson Co., Ltd. was founded in April 1975, through more than 30 years of hard work, currently has nearly 9,000 excellent stores in Japan, becoming the only store covering the whole of Japan convenience chain enterprises, in July 2000, in Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges at the same time successfully listed, the company has won the trust and support of the majority of shareholders with excellent business performance.

Shanghai Hualian Lawson Co., Ltd. was established in February 1996, mainly to open 24-hour convenience stores all year round. In line with the business tenet of "For The Customers", the company provides high-quality, safe and reassuring goods and services for Shanghai citizens, and provides customers with convenience, goods, services and information understanding.

The company opened its first store in Gubei New District, Shanghai in July 1996, and it is also the first standard 24-hour convenience store in the city. Over the years, the brand of "LAWSSON" has guided the change of Shanghai citizens' consumption concept through fresh and distinctive products, standardized service, clean environment and advanced business philosophy, and has been favored and welcomed by Shanghai citizens, especially young students, white-collar workers and returnees.