Lin Shengzhi, CEO of Shanghai Chamate Company Ltd., has revealed that Chamate plans to open another 30 retail tea dining outlets in 2011 and the central China and west China will be the next key development regions.

Myles Felt, vice president for international operation of the pizza restaurant chain Papa John's, said during a recent Chinese media interview that the company plans to double the number of its restaurants in China in three years, increasing from the current 155 to 300 restaurants.

Nanchang, the capital of China's Jiangxi province, plans to promote the concept of green food service among the city's food and beverage service providers and will encourage consumers to buy in an environmentally friendly manner.

According to Lakala Shanghai, from now on, consumers can go to over 5,000 Lakala payment sites in convenience stores, supermarkets, and drugstores in Shanghai to print various coupons free of charge.

Liu Zejun, the director of the Beijing Aiguo Weisheng Commission, has disclosed to the media that Beijing will work out measures on the revision of the No Smoking Rule in 2010, after an evaluation is made before the end of 2009 on the results of the current smoking ban in the city.

Chinese hotpot chain Little Sheep has announced that it has completed the integration of eight additional franchise restaurants, increasing the number of self-managed restaurants it owns to 143.