Family business mirrors the country's growth

Reporter's Log An Baijie

When I spoke with Zhang Cunyou about the family's Daokou roast chicken business, I felt as if I were reading a book on China's development over the past several centuries ,because the fate of the family enterprise was so closely tied to that development.

When Zhang Bing created the "Yixingzhang" brand of roast chicken under the Qianlong emperor, during the Qing Dynasty, China's economic and social development had reached a peak, with businesses booming, society fairly stable, and the population increasing.