The catering industry in China is a traditional industry that is booming in the sunrise industry. In recent years, China's catering industry has developed very rapidly. The turnover of catering industry has achieved double-digit high-speed growth for more than 21 years in a row. It is expected to maintain a growth rate of more than 1.8% in the future, and the development prospects of the industry are promising. It can be said that China is welcoming a period of great development of catering industry, with huge market potential, very broad prospects and good long-term development trend. The following China Eating Net introduces the present situation, development prospect and challenges of the catering industry in China.

the status quo of catering industry

with the rapid development of China's national economy, the income level of residents is getting higher and higher, the demand for catering consumption is growing, and the turnover has maintained a strong growth momentum. According to statistics, in the past five years, China's catering industry has grown at a rate of about 1.8% every year, which is twice the growth rate of GDP. It can be said that the whole catering market is developing well.

At present, tourism, catering, family banquet and wedding consumption have become the highlights of business, with more obvious business characteristics and market segmentation, and mass consumption has further become the mainstream of consumption in the catering industry. The merger and reorganization between catering enterprises has been strengthened, the pace of enterprise restructuring has been accelerated, and the expansion in different places and the grouping and chain of catering have become the development trend.

At present, the development trend of China's catering industry is obvious, which is mainly reflected in the modern catering enterprises represented by chain operation, brand cultivation, technological innovation and scientific management, gradually replacing the traditional catering industry's manual and random production, single-store workshop and artificial experience management, and rapidly moving towards industrialization, collectivization, chain and modernization; Popular consumption has increasingly become the main body of the catering consumption market; Food culture has become the core of catering brand cultivation and catering enterprise competition, and the application of modern science and technology, scientific management and modern nutrition concept in catering industry has become more and more extensive.

judging from the national policy and social environment, the catering industry has reached the golden age of development. As a labor-intensive industry, it plays a very important role in solving the employment problem. At present, solving the employment problem is the main embodiment and policy orientation of governments at all levels for the benefit of the people. On the other hand, the catering industry is the most direct way to realize the products of economic agriculture, aquaculture and forestry and animal husbandry, and it is an important industry to solve the problems of agriculture, countryside and farmers and increase farmers' income. Therefore, the state has given great tilt to tax policy and industrial policy.

in terms of market, the pace of urbanization in China has accelerated, a large number of rural people have gradually urbanized, and the consumption power of the original urban population has gradually increased. Due to the large population and the sustained and rapid economic development in China, China has become the largest catering market in the world under the cultural background of "food is the most important thing for the people".