SHANGHAI, April 6 (Xinhua) -- In addition to 600 million yuan (87 million U.S. dollars) in box office sales in China so far, the Hollywood blockbuster "Beauty and the Beast" has given rise to countless hot-selling products.
Beast-themed puppets and tea cups often sell out at Shanghai Disneyland, and the 30-plus types of dessert based on the movie have become top choices for movie fans at Shanghai Disneyland Hotel.
Tina Dai, a merchandise team member at Shanghai Disney Resort, said the resort is planning to restock the ceramic teacups, based on one of the characters in the movie, which sell for 85 yuan each.
"The popularity of movie-based products shows consumers' keen interest in Disney characters and movie stories," she said.
While China is shifting its growth engine from the industrial to the service sector, U.S. companies are exploring new growth points.
Statistics show China-U.S. service trade exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars in 2016.
Global coffee chain Starbucks is among the beneficiaries of the huge Chinese market.
The corporation's fiscal report released in late January showed comparable store sales increased 6 percent in China, 3 percentage points higher than global growth for the quarter that ended January 1, 2017. Net quarterly revenues for the China/Asia Pacific segment grew 18 percent year on year to 770.8 million U.S. dollars.
The robust sales growth is partly due to cooperation between Starbucks and Chinese Internet giant Tencent, which has offered mobile payment services for Chinese customers since December.
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