Its business may be shrinking, but that isn’t stopping China’s “Chicken King” from charging ahead with plans for a $300 million IPO.
（作者谭英，本文仅代表个人观点）
That’s the word on the street, following a Bloomberg report late last month that Shanghai Zhengxin Food Group Co., China’s largest homegrown fried chicken chain, might soon join the pipeline of some 500 companies waiting to go public in Hong Kong. Although quickly denied by the company, the report included enough juicy details to keep the rumor mills churning about Zhengxin and founder Chen Chuanwu’s plans for the company.
尽管业务版图持续缩水，这并未阻止有中国“鸡王”之称的正新食品朝着3亿美元IPO目标迈进。
In addition to the fundraising target, the Bloomberg report also said Zhengxin is working with domestic banking heavyweights Galaxy Securities and CICC as advisors for the deal.
这一消息源于彭博社上月底的报道，中国本土最大炸鸡连锁品牌上海正新食品集团有限公司，可能很快加入香港近500家排队上市企业的行列。虽然公司随后迅速否认相关消息，但报道披露的细节相当具体，仍让市场持续猜测正新食品及其创办人陈传武的资本市场布局。