According to Chen Bo, media manager of Carrefour China, the May 12 earthquake will not affect the company's investment plans for the city.

The Ministry of Commerce has donated 500 trucks to Sichuan Province to set up mobile supermarkets in the disaster areas.

Yum! Restaurants China, the brand owner of fast food restaurants KFC and Pizza Hut, says that in the coming year both KFC and Pizza Hut will give priority in hiring job seekers from the earthquake areas in Sichuan.

Jose Luis Duran, president of the French Carrefour Group, told Sina.com in Beijing that the group would donate another RMB20 million to Sichuan relief operations.

288 retail drugstores in Mianyang City have reportedly resumed their business after the recent Wenchuan earthquake.

Yum! Restaurants China has announced that the group will donate another RMB10 million to support the earthquake relief in China. The U.S. headquarters of Yum! Group will also donate about RMB2.8 million for the same use.