According to the "2016-2021 China Catering Industry Development Prospects and Investment Forecast Analysis Report" by the Qianzhan Industry Research Institute, the development of the catering industry has the following main benefits: 1. The catering industry has become a booster of economic growth.

Since the early 1990s, my country's catering industry has developed rapidly and expanded rapidly. Its growth rate and duration are unprecedented in other industries.

The growth rate of retail sales has reached more than 13% for many consecutive years, which is 4-22 percentage points higher than the total retail sales of consumer goods in the same period. In seven years, the growth rate reached more than 20%.

From 1991 to 2011, the average annual retail sales of the catering industry increased by more than 20%, which was about 7 percentage points faster than the average annual growth rate of the total retail sales of consumer goods. Its proportion in the total retail sales of consumer goods increased from 5.2% in 1991 to 2011.

11.3%.

Over the years, the contribution rate of retail sales of the catering industry to the growth of total retail sales of consumer goods has generally been around 18%, driving the growth of total retail sales of consumer goods by about 2-3 percentage points.

2. It is conducive to accelerating the pace of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way in our country.

Improving people's living standards is the starting point and goal of building a moderately prosperous society.

Convenient, fast, nutritious and healthy diet not only meets the material needs of residents to a large extent, but also allows residents to have more time and energy to participate in other entertainment and leisure activities.

Moreover, the development of the catering industry itself is a symbol of achieving the goal of well-off society.

Concentrated consumption areas for mid- to high-end restaurants often become areas that best reflect regional value, truly reflect regional development, and gather widespread popularity.

3. It has effectively promoted the development of my country's tourism industry.

China not only has a long-standing food culture, but also has a tradition and habit of pursuing delicious food. It attaches great importance to and has a special liking for eating.

The Chinese nation has not only created the reputation of being the best in the world in catering, but has also fully developed its food culture.

The long-standing and distinctive Chinese food culture enjoys a high reputation and popularity in the world and is a valuable wealth resource for the Chinese nation.

Vigorous development of the catering industry and extensive publicity of food culture can continuously enhance the attractiveness of China's tourism in the international market and stimulate domestic residents' enthusiasm for traveling.

Currently, tourism consumption demand is in a period of rapid growth, and tourism consumption has become a new growth point for the national economy. These are inseparable from the rapid development of the catering industry.

The perspective of the Qianzhan Industry Research Institute: In recent years, many local governments have attached great importance to the role of the catering industry in stimulating domestic demand and prospering the market, and have formulated relevant policies to promote local economic development through the catering industry, increased support for the catering industry, and achieved

had an obvious effect.

In particular, some forms of catering, shopping, and entertainment that are characterized by local food culture, such as food streets, snack streets, food culture festivals, etc., have achieved good results.

Leisure catering, tourist catering, festive catering, holiday catering, friend gatherings, etc. have attracted people's favor and contributed greatly to the prosperity of the tourism industry.