According to reports in Reuters, the U.S. fast-food chain Subway plans to expand the number of its restaurants in China and aims to exceed the total number of McDonald's outlets in China in ten years.

Shanghai, China (March 15, 2010) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — From March 17th to 19th, 2010, Pudong Expo, the new modern exhibition centre, will welcome Gourmet World Shanghai 2010, at the heart of the business district of the economic capital of China.
This event, staged over three days, dedicated to gourmet catering and quality hotel services will bring [...]

American coffee retailer Starbucks has announced in Shenzhen that it has formally launched nine kinds of tea drinks in China, marking this coffee shop chain's entry into the huge Chinese tea drinks market.

Japanese beer manufacturer Asahi Breweries has announced that it plans to become one of the world's top ten food companies, through acquisition and by expanding its business in China.

As a celebration of the 20th anniversary of McDonald's entry into the Chinese market, the international fast food giant has announced plans to launch a new hamburger university in Shanghai, the company's seventh worldwide, making the city a new human resources training base for McDonald's in Asia Pacific.

News from a commercial working meeting in Wuhan is that in 2010, the city will launch a series of measures to optimize its business functions, to improve the quality of consumable items for citizens, and to achieve over 15% growth of total retail sales.