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Meituan

Meituan is the largest on-demand delivery-service provider in China by revenue. Its Meituan app is most commonly known for food delivery, but also provides shopping, film tickets, hotel and travel bookings, restaurant reviews, group discounts and bicycle rentals. As of 2022, the company had 6.24 million delivery riders and over 9.3 million merchants.

Chairman / President

Wang Xing

CEO / Managing Director

Wang Xing

CFO / Finance Director

Chen Shaohui

Industry

E-commerce

Website

meituan.com

Headquarters address

No. 4 Wangjing East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

Stock Code

SEHK:3690

Year founded

2010

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