Information from a seminar held in Chengdu is that the city has formulated a plan to develop its dining industry and build Chengdu into an international gourmet city.

Burger King Corporation, the global fast-food chain, has opened its 12,000th restaurant, and it's located in Beijing's Joy City.

BK Asiapac, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. based Burger King Corporation, and DaChan Great Wall Group have agreed that BKAP will take an equity position in Home Chain Foods — a DCG subsidiary.

According to Fujian Qirun Restaurant Management, Burger King will formally open a restaurant in Xiamen at the end of June 2008. It is also Burger King's first restaurant in Fujian.

Burger King has opened two franchise restaurants in the new terminals of Beijing Capital International Airport and Shanghai Pudong Airport, respectively.