growth opportunities in china for chain restaurants and their suppliers presented by steven h ganster managing director technomic asia april 2006 office room 502 jin tai building 58 mao ming road south shanghai 200020 tel 86 21 6473 2588 fax 6390 6659 sganster technomicasia com www inc suite 1200 300 s riverside plaza chicago il 60606 usa 1 312 876 0004 1158 rpaul page 2 agenda why key country characteristics economic development business environment demographics important regional differences chinese diet restaurant market comparisons to us eating out habits popular local foreign chains briefing on multi client program contact information q & a 3 remains the most dynamic economy world population at billion urbanization there are more than 170 cities with over million trade 3rd total trillion annually since 1993 gdp has increased 600 web users behind internet subscribers b school grads 1991 up 10
