Celebrating a new beginning at Swire Coca-Cola Beverages Hainan, in Haikou.

On 1st April, the bottling plants located in Swire Beverages' newly acquired franchise territories in Yunnan, Guangxi, Hubei, Hainan, Guangdong (Zhanjiang), and Jiangxi officially became part of the Swire bottling system. On 1st July, Swire Beverages also completed the acquisition of its new franchise territory in the Shanghai Municipality. Together with its existing franchise territories in Fujian, Anhui, Henan, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, Swire Beverages now operates a total of 18 plants in 11 provinces, in addition to the Shanghai Municipality. This means its operations now cover territories in which 49% of Mainland China's population live, and where 51% of Coca-Cola beverages sold on the Mainland were consumed in 2015. The realignment of the Coca-Cola China bottling system has significantly expanded the scale of Swire's soft-drink production operations, creating efficiencies and opening up further growth pathways for Swire Beverages in Mainland China, Coca-Cola's third-largest market by volume.