2. Homeinns Hotel Group

Homeinns Hotel Group, China's largest budget hotel chain, received a buyout offer from investors, including Ctrip.com, one of the country's major hotel and flight ticket booking sites, adding to a growing number of US-listed mainland companies seeking privatization.

The hotel chain rose 4.4 percent from the beginning of this year against an almost 60 percent gain in China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index.

A pedestrian walks past a hotel of Home Inn in Nanjing city, east China's Jiangsu province, June 27, 2014. [Photo/IC]