Despite the general perception that McDonald's would try to catch up with KFC in China using franchising, a report in 2007 revealed that they were cautious about franchises. China Vice President, Gary Rosen,commented:"The franchises business requires a lot of effort and right now we have other priorities in China." The company would open at least 100 new stores in the country annually and half of them would be wholly owned drive-through outlets. McDonald's took a strategic move to link with China's SinoPec in 2006, giving McDonald/s the rights to build drive-through outlets at the oil company's 30,000 gas station.