go to site she suggested but its permit you have to worry about and you might have to get a partner in china to do this
first , you should have at least 100000RMB to open a foreign investment enterprise in China; second, you should make a plan to calculate how much money you ould need to operate a restauant in the first 6 months. you know, you will need 3 months to get all licenses for opeing this and other 1-3 month to mathch the market. If you want to open in Guangzhou, I can help that. My contact: mar06.assistant@yahoo.com.cn
Don t forget to budget in money for the millions of little fees you ll be paying to get through every level of bureaucracy. Also budget in a bit of bribing money as well.