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First, the catering enterprises are small in scale and have a low level of modernization. The catering industry is generally composed of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the proportion of large enterprises that develop in groups through chain operation is very small. Due to the lack of planning of catering outlets and the fact that some big cities prohibit catering operations in residential buildings from the perspective of residents' living environment, many shops are committed to temporary buildings and illegal buildings, and the "short-term" behavior is very serious. Due to insufficient investment and accumulation, and irregular market entry and exit, the catering industry is also known as the "switch industry", and the foundation for becoming bigger and stronger is very weak.

Second, the catering market order needs to be rectified, and the food hygiene situation needs to be improved urgently. The problem of market order is highlighted in the lack of laws and regulations to regulate competitive behavior in catering industry management. Time-honored brands and name numbers are randomly "cloned" and counterfeited; There are a lot of false propaganda, price fraud and vicious competition; Many small and medium-sized catering enterprises have prominent food safety hazards; For a long time, there have been no laws and regulations on ensuring the basic service quality and clarifying the rights and obligations of service enterprises in China, and the laws against unfair competition also lack effective norms for the problems existing in the catering service industry.

thirdly, the operating environment of the catering industry is worrying. Problems such as multiple policies, lenient and strict, and arbitrary law enforcement are more prominent in the catering industry. Catering enterprises with complete licenses have to pay a variety of fees, many of which are arbitrary and bring unequal competition among enterprises; In terms of recruiting employees, the occupation of restaurant waiters in China is still not directly open to the social job-seeking youth who have completed compulsory education; The development of catering enterprises is generally beneficial to intensive water use, but the current water fee of catering enterprises is nearly twice as high as that of production and business. These problems have restricted the better development of the catering industry.