US-based Kraft Food plans to increase its investment in China in the next decade, a senior official of the company has said.

Kraft Food (China) Co. Ltd. President Mark Clouse said China has become one of Kraft's five most important markets and the company will continue increasing investment in China in the next 10 years, he told China Business News recently.

Kraft has invested over 200 million U.S. dollars in China currently, it is building a biscuit factory in Beijing, which is expected to go into operation later this year.

The factory will produce brand biscuits such as Oreo and Ritz that are well known to Chinese customers, and also export biscuits to other countries.

Kraft, the world's second largest food and beverage corporation after Nestle, entered the Chinese market in 1984. It claims to sell the most powdered beverages and biscuits in China.

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