Awa Shanzhai is not an ethnic minority.

Awa Shanzhai is a research and development team led by Mr. Qu Guoqiang, the founder of Shaanxi Awa Shanzhai Brand Investment Co., Ltd., adhering to the corporate spirit of "tracing the source and practicing the Tao" and traveled through the mountains, rivers and peaks of Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan in the motherland. After understanding the simple folk customs of the Miao, Tu, and Buyi people, it took six years to develop a unique approach, pioneering the cottage catering culture, and creating the country's first original ecological cottage theme restaurant.

Awa Shanzhai is now available in Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Gansu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Qinghai, Ningxia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Guangdong Nearly 400 directly-operated stores and franchised stores have been opened in , Fujian, Inner Mongolia, Hubei and other provinces and cities, creating more than 10,000 jobs and paying over 100 million yuan in profits and taxes. In 2004, the headquarters joined the China Chain Store and Franchise Association and the China Catering Chain Committee. A series of trademarks such as "Awa Shanzhai", "Rice Noodles and Local Vegetables", and "Shanzhai Fish Head King" have been registered in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan and other countries and regions.