greentree hospitality group ltd., through its subsidiaries, develops leased-and-operated, and franchised-and-managed hotels under the greentree brand in the people's republic of china. as of december 31, 2019, it operated 34 leased-and-operated hotels; and had franchised-and-managed hotels network consisting of 3,957 hotels with 290,026 rooms in operation covering 339 cities in china, and an additional 949 hotels with 68,522 rooms that were contracted for or under development. the company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in shanghai, the people's republic of china. greentree hospitality group ltd. is a subsidiary of greentree inns hotel management group, inc.