中國(guó)共有八大菜系(cuisines)，包括辛辣的(pungency)川菜和清淡的(lightness)粵菜。中國(guó)餐館在世界各地很受歡迎。然而，中國(guó)人的生活方式日益變化，無論是自己下廚還是上餐館， 都出現(xiàn)了全新的飲食習(xí)慣。在一些傳統(tǒng)的中國(guó)菜中，添加了奶酪和番茄醬。城市消費(fèi)者頻繁地光顧一些快餐連鎖店，比如麥當(dāng)勞和肯德基。收入的不斷增長(zhǎng)，對(duì)國(guó)際食品的更多了解，加上超市購(gòu)物的便捷，使中國(guó)出現(xiàn)了更樂于嘗試包裝及罐裝食品(packaged and canned food)的新一代消費(fèi)者。

　　China has 8 major cuisines, including Sichuan cuisine famous for pungency and Canton cuisine for lightness. Chinese restaurants enjoy a great popularity all over the world. With the ever-changing of the Chinese lifestyle, however, people are experiencing a new diet style either when cooking at home or eating at restaurants. For instance, the cheese and ketchup are added to the traditional Chinese food; and urban consumers now frequently go to fast food chains, such as McDonald’s and KFC. The steady growth of people’s income, more knowledge about international food and the convenience of supermarket shopping bring to the emergence of a new generation of consumers who are more likely to buy packaged and canned food.