Last year the company opened a new restaurant in China every fifteen hours.

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It has become the single largest restaurant chain in China, with nearly 2, 600 restaurants in over 550 cities.

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Almost a year ago, Beijing activist Xu Zhijun launched Operation Empty Plate, an online campaign aimed at cutting restaurant waste across China, by asking followers to post photos of empty plates to his website.

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