China has built more than 30,000 miles of expressways in the last decade. Auto sales were up 46% last year to 13.6 million vehicles, and there are expected to be 200 million vehicles on the road by 2020. Business models that started in the U.S. fifty years ago to capitalize on this new car culture are taking off in China. From McDonald's drive-in's (there are currently 105 with 100 more planned for each of the next three years) to suburban strip malls to big box retailers to hotels to tourism to parking lots to commercial radio stations, the domestic car culture is driving big investment -- and big profit potential -- for these industries.
China's Car Economy Revs Up - WSJ.com
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