Chinese hot pot restaurant chain Haidilao plans to open two new outlets in America and two in Singapore in 2012.

Xiabu Xiabu, a Taiwan-invested hotpot restaurant chain, has opened its 100th restaurant in Daxing, Beijing.

Chinese hot pot restaurant chain Little Sheep has announced that it is selling its 69% stake in Little Sheep U.S. to Wang Fang, the director of Little Sheep's previous subsidiary in Canada, for USD345,000.

The international food and beverage giant Yum! Brands plans to acquire an additional 7.3% stake in the Chinese hot pot restaurant chain Little Sheep after taking a stake of over 20% in the company earlier this year.

The Chinese hot pot restaurant chain Little Sheep has opened the company's first department store restaurant at Hualian Department Store Shangdi branch, Beijing, and the restaurant is also Little Sheep's first restaurant to open in Beijing in 2009.

Following the opening of two new restaurants in Beijing's Wangjing and Fengtai districts, Zhang Zhanhai, a senior vice president of Little Sheep, said the company plans to open five new restaurants in Beijing in 2009.