Starbucks, the best-known international coffee retailer from the United States, signed an agreement on Thursday with the Beijing Capital International Airport to open a new outlet on Oct. 1.

The new outlet in the airport, covering 130 square meters, will be the first Starbucks shop in a Chinese mainland airport.

Starbucks, which operates more than 7,600 coffee shops around the world, has opened more than 30 outlets in Beijing.

Since it opened its first cafe on the Chinese mainland in 1999,Starbucks has now over 270 shops across the country.

Source: Xinhua