Moving forwards, there are plans for intelligent robots to be used to deliver food, with the intelligent canteen set to eventually become a virtually unmanned operation.

Officials said the restaurant also provides online reservation services, which can prepare meals for the staff of companies in the park, construction sites around it, as well as to university towns and other places five kilometers away from the canteen.

An intelligent online system with thermal intelligent food containers was also developed by the canteen, allowing those who cannot have meals on site to have warm meals. The thermal intelligent food containers will be gradually distributed to all commercial buildings in the Lin-gang Special Area.

Employees who order food online can select their breakfast or lunch from the system ahead of time and the canteen will directly deliver the food to the thermal intelligent food containers of the enterprise at the meal point. The consumers can also check the state of the meal and its location on the system.

A man takes his meal from a thermal intelligent food container. [Photo/WeChat account: shlgguanweihui]