More than 80 percent of Chinese restaurants are offering spicy dishes to tap into the demand of 500 million spicy food lovers, according to a latest report launched by online takeaway platform Meituan and herbal tea brand Wang Laoji.

根据在线外卖平台美团和凉茶品牌王老吉发布的最新报告，超过80%的中国餐馆正在提供麻辣菜肴，以满足5亿麻辣爱好者的需求。

More than 48 percent of consumers on Meituan's online takeaway platform have ordered spicy food.

美团在线外卖平台上超过48%的消费者点过辣。

In terms of age group, young people have become the main driver of spicy consumption across the country.

从年龄段来看，年轻人已成为全国麻辣消费的主要驱动力。

People aged 18 to 30 years old like spicy food the most, reaching 64.37 percent, the report said.

报告称，18至30岁的人最喜欢吃辣，达到64.37%。

The site makes products such as chicken sauce, chicken powder, spicy sauce and salad dressings.

该网站生产鸡肉酱、鸡肉粉、辣酱和沙拉酱等产品。

The dishes include hotpot shrimp paste, tilapia slices, frozen spicy roasted tilapia, tilapia soup with pickled vegetables, frozen spicy boiled tilapia slices and frozen spicy crawfish.

菜品包括火锅虾酱、罗非鱼片、冻香烤罗非鱼、咸菜罗非鱼汤、冻香煮罗非鱼片和冻香小龙虾。

The new dishes include a spicy hotpot soup made with rapeseed oil, beef tallow and three different kinds of peppers, four different types of lamb meat from Inner Mongolian, a side dish of pea leaves and a snack.

新的菜肴包括用菜籽油、牛脂和三种不同辣椒制成的麻辣火锅汤，四种不同类型的内蒙古羊肉，一道豌豆叶配菜和一份小吃。

Since December, McDonald's innovations, like the Rice-cake McFlurry and Spicy Wagyu Beef Burger, have been popular among its members, McDonald's China said.

In the three-hour show, he sold 22 kinds of products with XGIMI H3 projector (36.40 million yuan), Xinliangji spicy crayfish (20.45 million yuan) and Roborock floor mopping robot (over 17 million yuan) taking the top three spots.

The result showed that not only did Chinese consumers love spicy food, they were willing to try chocolate with an extra kick to it.

Mak said development of the spicy Snickers was one of the fastest decision making processes in Mars globally.

But a bucket full of spicy chicken offal for night snack deliveries has shocked Chinese consumers.

Photos of the KFC kebab spicy dipping sauce have gone viral on the internet.

On July 15, KFC started to sell late night treats including spicy kebabs and stewed fowl, traditional late night treats in southern China.

The Sichuan-style spicy hotpot restaurant chain's listing is the latest in a string of technology IPOs in the city against the backdrop of a heated trade dispute between China and the United States, ongoing turmoil in emerging markets as well as lingering worries of further US interest rate hikes, which have cooled market sentiment for technology IPOs in the city.

Beef and rice noodles, a spicy, salty and oil noodle made from rice, is one of the specialties in Changde, Hunan province, that has a history of 6,500 years and one that Zhang said he and fellow locals eat every day.

Other innovations in flavors include Snickers' "spicy" or "crispy seaweed" to meet the local consumers' preferences.

Chongqing is a major commercial center of 30 million people, renowned for its distinctive spicy cuisine, and its busy port along the Yangtze River.

NANNING — A packet of spicy hotpot flavoring printed in both Chinese and Burmese attracted attention at the 5th Lancang-Mekong Business Forum held in early July in Nanning, capital of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

"Spicy Chinese food began to appear in Myanmar 10 years ago," said Sean Yann, 37, a Chinese-Myanmar manufacturer of the spicy hotpot flavoring, in fluent Mandarin.

Yann said spicy Chinese hotpot was introduced into high-end restaurants in Myanmar after spicy mixed vegetables sold by Chinese people became popular locally.

In recent years, Chinese foods with a spicy and mouth-numbing flavor known as "mala" have gained ground in Southeast Asia.

He said Chinese hotpot is very popular in Yangon, with many shops on high streets selling malatang (food boiled in hot spicy soup) and spicy hot pot.

As Myanmar consumers' love for the "mala" flavor continues to grow, Yann's company is working with local supermarkets to introduce its spicy hotpot flavoring.

Yann said a dozen similar spicy products from other brands are also selling well in local supermarkets.

Zhuo Bingyue, who runs a Thai restaurant in Nanning, said that compared with spicy Thai food, the "mala" flavor in Chinese food is more complex and rich, a feature that is attractive to young Thais.

A packet of spicy hotpot flavoring printed in both Chinese and the Myanmar language attracted attention at the 5th Lancang-Mekong Business Forum, which was held in early July in Nanning, capital of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

"Spicy Chinese food began to appear in Myanmar 10 years ago," said Sean Yann, 37, a Chinese-Myanmar manufacturer of the spicy hotpot flavoring who is fluent in Mandarin.

Yann said spicy Chinese hot pot was introduced into high-end restaurants in Myanmar after spicy mixed vegetables sold by Chinese people became popular in the local area.

In recent years, Chinese foods with spicy and mouth-numbing flavor known as "mala" have gained ground in Southeast Asia.

He said Chinese hot pot is very popular in Yangon, with many shops in high streets selling malatang (hot spicy soup) and spicy hot pot.

As Myanmar consumers' love for the "mala" flavor continues to grow, Yann's company is working with the local supermarkets to introduce its spicy hotpot flavoring.

Yann said a dozen similar spicy products from other brands are also selling well in the local supermarkets.

Zhuo Bingyue, who runs a Thai restaurant in Nanning, said that compared with the spicy Thai food, the "mala" flavor in Chinese food is more complex and rich, a feature that is attractive to young Thais.

Rwanda's spicy chili sauce has been listed on Alibaba's fresh food chain Freshippo.

On Guijie, a street famous among spicy crawfish lovers and midnight snack seekers, many businesses have resumed around-the-clock operations.

Thanks to a bionic hand she received a year ago, she has been keeping herself busy, preparing dozens of spicy braised duck necks every day at her deli store in Shanghai.

China also has seen a booming export of characteristic foods, such as river snail rice noodle, self-heating hot pot and spicy gluten, thanks to the convenience of cross-border logistics and payment, Jimu News reported.

For instance, apart from dishing out 1.2 billion yuan worth of subsidies, the service has come up with an iced, yellow-rice-wine-flavored crawfish, a summertime favorite snack typically featuring pungent and spicy flavors.

China has the largest population of spicy food consumers in the world.

More than 500 million people eat spicy food every day.

Chongqing is one of the birthplaces of the dish known as "hotpot", which is widely popular for its spicy flavor.

Hotpot allows diners to cook almost any food in a boiling, often spicy, pot.

For example, two months ago, Shake Shack launched its first Chinese-style burger — a beef burger with spicy beans and radish that was inspired by Sichuan cuisine.

Burger King has brought back its pork elbow burger and recently introduced a spicy crayfish beef burger.

Over the years, KFC and McDonald's have included Chinese-style burgers and snacks in their menu, including KFC's Beijing Chicken barbecue, spicy beef burger, porridge and fried dough sticks for breakfast.

Burger King has brought back its pork elbow burger and recently introduced a spicy crawfish beef burger.

Over the years, KFC and McDonald's have innovated their menu with Chinese-style burgers and snacks, including KFC's Beijing Chicken barbecue, spicy beef burger, porridge and twisted cruller for breakfast.

To enrich its product profile in Japan, the company has introduced South Korean food products, including cheese rice cakes and spicy white cabbage.

"With the rising popularity of malatang (hot spicy soup), grilled fish and hotpot in the Republic of Korea, the acceptance of Chinese mature vinegar among the younger generation is increasing," said Quan Haitian, who has been engaged in Sino-ROK trade for over a decade.

The gadget enables astronauts to eat even steaming-hot fish-flavored shredded pork and Gongbao chicken, a spicy, stir-fried Chinese dish.

On Guijie, a Beijing street famous for spicy crayfish and midnight snacks, many businesses have resumed round-the-clock operations.

The products, which are mainly in original, spicy and tomato flavors, will be shipped to the United States via South China's Guangdong province," said Ou Haoxuan, general manager of the overseas business department at Guangxi Luobawang Brand Management Co Ltd, a major luosifen producer.

It features rice vermicelli soaked in a spicy broth flavored by river snails and topped with ingredients such as pickled bamboo shoots, string beans, peanuts and fried tofu skin.

The dishes include hot pot shrimp paste, tilapia slices, frozen roasted tilapia of spicy flavor, tilapia soup with pickled vegetables, spicy-flavored frozen boiled tilapia slices and spicy frozen crawfish.

The sizzling stir-fried crab with special Thai sauce, mixing spicy, sweet, salty and sour flavors, is also a pleasure for diners.

- With the burgeoning growth of China's "prefabricated food" industry, Chongqing xiaomian (spicy noodles), popular street food in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, is tapping the novel business model to expand its market.

"In total, Chongqing has about 84,000 xiaomian eateries, selling 13 million bowls of the spicy noodles a day and garnering an annual sale of nearly 40 billion yuan," said Li Xiaodan, deputy director of the district commission of economy and informatization.

"The spicy xiaomian has a history of over 400 years in Chongqing.

Liuzhou Luosifen features rice vermicelli soaked in a spicy broth nicely flavored by river snails and topped with ingredients including pickled bamboo shoots, string beans, peanuts and fried tofu skin.

Indonesia, in particular, is expected to become a major export destination due to its large population and a taste for spicy flavor," Ou said.

"You could smell the spicy crayfish in the air," Li told China Tourism News.

She and her friend ordered their favorite dishes including spicy crayfish and lamb kebabs.

Offerings in the market include roast duck; char siu, or Chinese BBQ pork; luzhu, a traditional Beijing delicacy that consists mainly of pig intestines and lungs; spicy crayfish; and a selection of desserts.

In 2020, Be&Cheery, a popular snack brand in China, launched plant-based meat products including packages of smoked sausages and spicy beef.

Spicy food remains a favorite of Chinese consumers, with 41.8 percent of those interviewed choosing spicy taste as their top selection in the flavor of their cuisine.

Xiao-Mian, a restaurant chain that focuses on providing Chongqing-style spicy noodles, completed its latest round of financing of more than 100 million yuan in July, which is only four months after its previous round of financing in March.

Renowned for its spicy cuisine and beautiful scenery, Chengdu is one of the most popular tourist destinations among both domestic and international travelers.

For instance, the company has come up with an iced, yellow rice wine-flavored crayfish, which is a summer time favorite snack typically featuring pungent and spicy among Chinese diners.

Rising incomes, desire for afternoon energy push up prospects and sales of leisure foods among white-collar employeesBurgers and fries, milk teas, chicken skewers, barbecued victuals and malatang－a spicy Sichuan broth with meat and vegetables－are currently the five most popular snacks ordered online by office employees in China.

- When in southwestern China's Sichuan province, a typical day usually ends with the famous local cuisine of spicy hotpot, the dining experience at such restaurants has become very different from what it was before the outbreak of COVID-19.

It could be spicy or contain minced garlic.

Pork Bahn Mi, sweet and sour meatballs, spicy ground pork with Dan Dan noodles, Pork Char Sui Buns, Pork Shumai, and Pork Katsu .

me, a third-party online food delivery platform, materializes with Sichuan spicy diced chicken, Mapo spicy bean curd and a bowl of rice.

I remember I had one with spicy lobster flavor, similar to the noodles cooked at my home in Changsha, Hunan province.

Crawfish can be cooked in various flavors such as spicy, minced garlic, stir-fried ginger and scallion, braised soy sauce, and innovative flavors such as cooking with salted egg yolk, cheese, and fermented bean curd.

The report said that Chinese people's preference for oily, salty and spicy food has significantly dropped.

For example, spicy lotus roots, a popular snack developed from a local Hubei province cuisine, have sourced lotus roots that are planted in water at a depth of 20 centimeters and use organic fertilizer.

"Taught by masters in Shunde, the students will not only learn how to cook traditional Cantonese dishes such as stir-fried milk and stuffed mud carp but also innovate techniques combining Cantonese cuisine with Sichuan flavor, which is spicy, helping them become more competitive when going back to Sichuan," Gan said.

New crossover products that have made waves recently include a creamy candy shaped lip balm infused with White Rabbit creamy candy, a bottle of pink perfume jointly developed by baijiu maker Luzhou Laojiao, and a paprika lipstick from fast food chain Zhouheiya whose signature product is spicy duck necks.

About 100 new high-quality products are expected to hit the market soon, most being traditional Chinese snacks, such as spicy lotus root and dried jujube.

The book introduces readers to 100 different kinds of authentic regional street food by presenting small plates from the balmy rice paddies of Yunnan and spicy flavors of Sichuan to the frozen tundra of Harbin and the imperial majesty of Beijing.

Will they make ice cream with spicy paste one day? "

Australian wines are fruity, so they appeal to Chinese consumers as they match well with Chinese food, especially spicy food," he said.

Industry looks to a return to normality as many countries continue to struggle with pandemicChengdu, capital of Sichuan province, is most well-known for spicy hotpot and pandas.

Six months later on April 1, 2020, the once-broke entrepreneur made his e-commerce livestreaming debut on Douyin, selling a variety of goods from spicy lobsters, chocolates and toothbrushes to Xiaomi smartphones.