"We dream about being the Walmart of China, " says Fu Yu, a Wumart spokesman.

“我们梦想（把物美）造就成中国的沃尔玛”，一位物美的发言人符玉说道。

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By 2005 Wumart had more than 450 hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores.

2005年物美拥有超过450家的巨型超市、超市及便利店。

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By 2005, Wumart had more than 450 hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores.

2005年，物美拥有了超过450家大卖场，超市和便利店。

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By 2005 Wumart had more than 450 hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores.

ECONOMIST: Retail in China

Wu Jianzhong, Wumart's chairman, thinks Chinese stores need to spruce up.

ECONOMIST: Retail in China

Wumart, the Beijing-based chain, was founded in the early 1990s by Zhang Wenzhong, who had developed an IT system for retailers while at Stanford University but found that retailers weren't interested in it.

ECONOMIST: Retail in China