Costco has applied to deregister its Beijing subsidiary, Costco (Beijing) International Business Development Co., Ltd. The company had previously announced plans to invest $1.5 billion in establishing membership-based warehouse stores across multiple Chinese cities. However, these plans appear to have been abandoned, as the company is now undergoing a simplified deregistration process. AI
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