Apple is edging ever closer to reaching its target of operating 40 retail stores in China by the middle of 2016, by launching the 33rd store in the country later this month. A new announcement advises an Apple Store is being opened at 10am local time on Saturday, January 30, at a large MixC shopping mall located in Qingdao, Shandong province, and would become the first store opened by the company in the major east coast industrial center.