HONG KONG—Fast-growing Chinese technology startup Meituan Dianping applied to list in Hong Kong and seeks to raise billions of dollars to help finance its growth strategy in what is a highly competitive internet marketplace.
The Beijing-based online services provider is one of the country’s most valuable private technology companies. Its current investors include Booking Holdings, formerly known as Priceline Group Inc., the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Chinese social-media and games company Tencent Holdings Ltd....