Complex sentence: Today, there are several hundred franchises are present in many major northeast Chinese cities including Shanghai, Nanjing, Tianjin, Harbin, Changchun, Qingdao, and Shenyang.
Split into simpler sentences: Today, there are several hundred franchises are present in many major north-eastern Chinese cities. Notable locations include Shanghai, Nanjing, Tianjin, Harbin, Changchun, Qingdao and Shenyang.