McDonald's expects China to be the engine of growth in the Asia Pacific over the next five years and predicts a good first quarter for same-store sales in the Asia, Middle East and Africa region.
The firm expects to have more than 2,000 stores in mainland China by the end of 2013 and 1,300 at the end of 2010, Tim Fenton, McDonald's President for Asia, Pacific, Middle East and Africa said yesterday.