With rapid development of our socialistic economy, the enhancement of living standard in towns and cities and speeding up of modern life, dining-out has gradually become fashionable in people life, which promotes fast development of catering market. It will become a tough issue for catering enterprises to win the market in the cut-throat competition This paper illustrates how E-commerce and M-commerce are applied in the catering trade to enhance the service efficiency, to optimize the dining hall environment and to establish the trade alliance so as to enhance the international competitiveness in the catering industry. First, the article introduces the present situations of Chinese catering trade and some problems that traditional catering enterprises face; Second, the paper realizes that E-commerce will bring the opportunity to Chinese catering trade which can be developed by networks techniques and M-commerce techniques; Finally, the paper presents that E-commerce is a revolution for Chinese catering enterprises which should seize opportunities and meet challenges.
【Key words】Chinese Catering Trade; M-Commerce; Revolution of Catering Trade