Coca-Cola Invests $4 Billion for Long-Term Sustainable Growth in China

The Coca-Cola Company

and its Chinese bottling partners today announced a new investment of US$4 billion over the next three years, commencing 2012. By the end of 2011, Coca-Cola and its China bottling partners Swire Beverages Ltd. and COFCO Coca-Cola Beverage Co., Ltd. will have invested more than $3 billion in China over the last three years, bringing the total investment to $7 billion between 2009 and 2014 in the largest and fastest-growing consumer market in the world.