Shanghai has 256 Starbucks stores, the most of any Chinese city, but the city with the most Starbucks stores in the world is Seoul. South Korea's capital has 284 stores, seven more than New York City's 277 stores. Canada currently has the largest number of Starbucks stores after the United States, with 1,396 locations, but China is quickly catching up. According to company documents, sales in China and the Asia-Pacific region grew faster than any other region, and their sales accounted for 6.2 percent of Starbucks Corporation's sales in 2013. In 2013, 588 locations opened Starbucks also in China and the Asia-Pacific region. . In its 2013 annual report, the company says it is eager to establish China as its largest market outside the United States. Aiming to open 500 new stores in China in 2016 and enter the Chinese e-commerce market, Starbucks Corporation appears to have a strategy in place to expand its international operations. Since taking off in China, Starbucks has made sure to adapt to the local environment and this strategy has influenced its growth in the region. The company continues to do so as part of its large-scale business