Here is the English translation of the Chinese title: **41 McDonald’s China Restaurant General Managers Awarded Global Ray Kroc Award**

The restaurants they managed served nearly 30 million customers in 2025, right in your neighborhood

ShanghaiJune 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On June 2 local time, the McDonald’s Global Ray Kroc Awards ceremony was grandly held in Las Vegas, USA. Some award-winning restaurant general managers from McDonald’s China attended the ceremony with their families to celebrate this glorious moment.

In the 2026 McDonald’s Global Ray Kroc Awards selection, a total of 41 restaurant general managers from 26 cities in mainland China received the honor. The restaurants they managed served nearly 30 million customers cumulatively in 2025. Ray Kroc is the founder of McDonald’s. The McDonald’s Global Ray Kroc Award, named after him, is selected biennially and represents the highest honor among McDonald’s global restaurant personnel awards, recognizing the top 1% of outstanding restaurant general managers in the McDonald’s system. Each award winner has set an excellent benchmark in leadership, team building, enhancing personnel and customer experience. They lead by example, not only achieving outstanding performance consistently but also embodying McDonald’s values in their daily work.

Phyllis Cheung, CEO of McDonald’s China, stated: “The 41 restaurant general managers from mainland China who won this award are the ‘Best of Best’ in McDonald’s global system and outstanding role models in practicing McDonald’s service culture. Seeing them receive this global honor fills me with immense joy and pride! Thank you to every McDonald’s team member for serving our partners, customers, and communities with professionalism and passion. McDonald’s will continue to support employee growth and provide broader development opportunities for every employee.”

The Ray Kroc Award is a significant reflection of McDonald’s support for employee career development. Outstanding employees have the opportunity to receive this global honor and travel overseas with their families to the award ceremony. In McDonald’s China compensation and benefits growth system, “development” is a key component. McDonald’s provides every employee with a clear career development path and comprehensive training support. Diverse job settings and varied internal promotion channels allow each employee to showcase their talents in their respective roles. McDonald’s China’s Hamburger University and the “McDonald’s e-Learning” online platform enable employees to learn new knowledge and skills both offline and online, with cumulative employee learning time exceeding 3 million hours in 2025. McDonald’s also helps employees improve their education and vocational skills through the “Dream University Program.” Additionally, McDonald’s holds employee skills competitions such as the All-Star Competition annually, providing a stage for employees to demonstrate their skills, talents, and charisma.

This week, McDonald’s China is also showcasing the achievements of award winners from various regions through McDonald’s App splash ads and outdoor advertising, allowing more consumers to know that globally outstanding McDonald’s restaurant general managers are right in their neighborhoods.

Appendix: 2026 McDonald’s China Ray Kroc Award Winners Fun Facts:

• Average age: 34.6 years old, youngest age: 23 years old, those born after 1990 account for over 54%
• Average tenure at McDonald’s: 11.9 years
• Average age when joining McDonald’s: 22.7 years old
• Nearly 1/3 have won employee skills competition championships such as the McDonald’s All-Star Competition^[1]
• Over 80% have received the McDonald’s China Outstanding Restaurant General Manager Award
• 4 have participated in the McDonald’s “Dream University Program”