CHINA'S CLEAN PLATE CAMPAIGN.
                     CHINA'S 
"CLEAN PLATE CAMPAIGN"
INTRODUCTION
• China is taking action to cut down on food waste. The government 
has started a new campaign to encourage people to think about the 
amount of food they waste. 
• It is called the "Clean Plate Campaign". 
Source: Yahoo News
FOOD WASTE
• President Xi Jinping wants people to reduce the amount of food 
wasted.
•  He called the waste "shocking and distressing". 
Source: Business Today
REPORT ON FOOD CRISIS
• There are many reports in China that a food crisis is coming. Food 
production has decreased because of the corona virus and because 
of floods in southern China. 
• President Xi said that China have to maintain a sense of crisis about 
food security.
Source: PRI.org
RESTAURANTS IN CHINA
• Many restaurants are taking the campaign very seriously. 
• A restaurant in central China went a little too far as it started 
weighing customers. 
Source: People’s Daily
N-1 SYSTEM
• Restaurants in Wuhan have started the N-1 system. 
• This is where groups of diners must order one fewer dish than the 
number of people in the group. 
Source: The Straits Times
WARNING FROM UNITED NATIONS
• The United Nations warned that the world could see its worst food 
crisis in 50 years.
• Food has always brought people together and it can again if we 
build back better as it relates to our food systems.
Source: Metro
SPECULATION BY MEDIA
• The initiative sparked speculation by some media over whether 
China is in a food crisis. 
• Experts say the world indeed faces a food shortage, but for China, 
the real threat to food security comes more from food.
Source: The New York Times
PENALIZE FOOD-WASTING 
BEHAVIOR
• In 2013, the “Operation Empty Plate” campaign was launched that 
targeted extravagant feasts and reception held by officials, rather 
than putting the onus on the public. 
• This platform will penalize food-wasting behaviour when spotted. 
Source: BBC.com
WUHAN CATERING INDUSTRY
• The Wuhan Catering Industry Association urged restaurants in the 
city to limit the number of dishes served to diners. 
• The Association asked restaurants to implement a system where 
groups must order one dish less than the number of diners.
Source: The Health Mania
FOOD WASTE REPORT
• A new study confirmed that people waste more than twice as much 
food as the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization 
estimated per day per person in 2005.
• 17 to 18 million tonnes of food went to waste in China itself in 2015. 
Source: CBC