Xi Jinping made important instructions, emphasizing resolutely to stop food waste, earnestly cultivate the habit of saving, and create an atmosphere of shameful waste and saving pride in society
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 11. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission recently issued important instructions to stop food waste. He pointed out that the phenomenon of food waste is shocking and distressing! "Who knows that Chinese food is hard." Despite the bumper harvest of my country's food production year after year, we still have to be crisis aware of food security. The impact of the global new crown pneumonia epidemic this year has sounded the alarm for us.
Xi Jinping emphasized the need to strengthen legislation, strengthen supervision, take effective measures, establish a long-term mechanism, and resolutely stop food waste. It is necessary to further strengthen publicity and education, effectively cultivate the habit of saving, and create an atmosphere of shame in waste and pride in saving.
Xi Jinping has always attached great importance to food security and advocated the social trend of "strict economy and opposing waste", and has repeatedly emphasized the need to stop food waste. In January 2013, Xi Jinping issued important instructions calling for strict economy and opposition to waste. Since then, Xi Jinping has issued important instructions many times, requiring rigid system constraints, strict system implementation, strong supervision and inspection, and severe punishment mechanisms to effectively curb various violations of regulations, disciplines and laws in the consumption of public funds, and target some schools There are food waste and students' lack of awareness of frugality. Clear requirements are put forward for strengthening guidance and management, and cultivating students' virtues of diligence and frugality.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, various regions and departments have implemented the spirit of Jinping’s important instructions and adopted measures such as issuing relevant documents and launching the "CD Action" to vigorously rectify the trend of waste. The phenomenon of "waste on the tip of the tongue" has changed, especially The public's strong response to the waste of public funds has been effectively curbed. At the same time, food waste in some places still exists. The relevant departments are implementing the spirit of Jinping's important instructions, formulating and implementing more powerful measures, and pushing the whole society to advance the work of preventing food waste.