People sleep over at the neighboring mall in Hangzhou waiting for the Apple store opening on Friday night. [Photo/IC]

More than a hundred people waited outside the new Apple store on Friday, a day before the site opened forbusiness in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, reported dfic.cn on Saturday.

Many Apple fans crammed into the basement floor of a neighboring shopping mall to wait for the store opening the next day. According to the report, instead of planning to buy products, many of the people were there to show their support for the company.

Apple now has 14 retail locations in operation in China.

A man sleeps on top of his computer while waiting in line for the new Hangzhou Apple store to open. [Photo/IC]