One exception was a minority equity limitation that applied to department stores over 20 , 000 square meters and to " chain stores , " an undefined term , with more than thirty stores . - - in 2000 , china s regulators defined " chain stores " to include any retail operation over 2 or more stores , calling into question the breadth of china s retail commitment . - - in shanghai , we clarified china s commitment on chain stores in a way that restricts the kinds of stores that will have equity limitations 在上海,我們限定了有股份限制的商店種類,從而澄清了中國在連鎖店問題上的承諾。只有那些出售由多個(gè)供應(yīng)商提供不同種類和品牌商品的商店,以及有30個(gè)以上分店的商店才有股份限制。這有效地恢復(fù)了中國對(duì)其它各種類型零售行業(yè)的承諾,并特別保護(hù)了汽車商的權(quán)利以及石油加工產(chǎn)品經(jīng)銷商擁有30家以上全部控股商店的權(quán)利。