SHANGHAI Party Secretary Han Zheng met Howard Schultz, chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks on Wednesday.

Han said that Shanghai is an open city, which is devoted to creating a more convenient and legal business environment for domestic and foreign companies. As China’s reform and opening go further, Shanghai will be more open to the world.

Currently, coffee culture has been accepted by more people as tea culture and coffee has been an essential part of life as tea, the secretary continued.