Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. (Home Inns) is an economy hotel chain in the People's Republic of China. As of December 31, 2009, the Home Inns hotel chain consisted of 390 leased-and-operated hotels in operation with an additional six leased-and-operated hotels under development and 226 franchised-and-managed hotels in operation with an additional 63 franchised-and-managed hotels under development, covering 120 cities in the People's Republic of China. The Company's subsidiaries include Home Inns & Hotels Management (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong Ai Home Hotel Investment Limited, Hulchuang Hotel Management (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Huiju Hotel Equipment Lease Co. Ltd.