The Legislative Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress: set up a special class to carry out legislation to stop food waste
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission website reporter Han Yadong recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued important instructions to stop food waste, emphasizing the need to strengthen legislation, strengthen supervision, take effective measures, establish a long-term mechanism, and resolutely stop food waste. Regarding the prevention of food waste, what regulations have been made in our country? Regarding strengthening the legislative work to stop food waste, what are the current measures and what are the next steps? The responsible comrade of the Administrative Law Office of the Legal Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress accepted an interview with a reporter from the News and Communication Center of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Zhang Guilong, first-level inspector of the Administrative Law Office of the Legal Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, introduced that General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions show that the Party Central Committee attaches great importance to and firm determination to stop catering waste, expounds the importance of stopping catering waste, and points out It is an important path and direction to stop food waste, which has very important pertinence and guidance. The leading comrades of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress attached great importance to them and immediately issued instructions and requirements on implementing the important instructions of General Secretary Jinping. The Legislative Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress specifically conveys, learns, deeply understands, and implements the spirit of General Secretary Jinping’s important instructions and the instructions of the leaders of the Standing Committee. It clearly requires that in accordance with "Strengthen legislation, strengthen supervision, take effective measures and establish long-term mechanisms, Resolutely stop the waste of food and beverages” requirements, pay close attention to research and put forward legislative work plans, high-quality and efficient related legislative work, decided to set up a special work class to carry out related work. At present, the domestic and foreign legislation, documents and policy measures related to the prevention of food waste are sorted out and studied.
Zhang Guilong introduced that the large population and relatively insufficient land resources are my country's basic national conditions, and my country's food supply and demand have been in a tight balance for a long time. Hard work, diligence and thrift are the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and the fine style of our party. The party and the state have always attached importance to strict economy and oppose waste. Article 14 Paragraph 2 of the Constitution clearly stipulates that the state shall practice strict economy and oppose waste; Article 36 of the Agricultural Law also stipulates that the state advocates cherishing and saving food. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to the issue of food security and formed a social trend of “practical economy and opposing waste”. As early as 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued important instructions to emphasize The wind must be severely braked", calling for "strengthening strict economy and opposing waste to become common practice in the whole society". In 2014, the Central Office and the State Council issued the "Opinions on Strict Economy and Combating Food Waste". The National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee have thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Jinping’s important instructions and the Party Central Committee’s decision-making and deployment in relevant legislative work, in the National Security Law, Consumer Rights Protection Law, Environmental Protection Law, Solid Waste Pollution Prevention Law, and Food Safety Laws and other laws have embodied the spirit of "strict economy and oppose waste". Article 9 of the Civil Code enacted this year stipulates that civil entities engaged in civil activities shall be conducive to resource conservation and protection of the ecological environment; Article 509, paragraph 3 stipulates that the parties shall avoid wasting resources and pollution during the performance of the contract. Environment and destruction of ecology. In addition, the legislative plan of the 13th National People's Congress has listed the formulation of a food security law as a category of items, namely "a draft law that is relatively mature and will be submitted for deliberation during the term of office." Relevant parties are actively carrying out related work.
Zhang Guilong said that, on the whole, although there are some principles and requirements for curbing wasteful behavior in the current laws in my country, they are relatively scattered, systematic, targeted, and integrated. In the next step, the Legislative Work Committee will actively study and in-depth demonstrations on strengthening legislation for the prevention of catering waste, and make specific and clear regulations on the prevention of catering waste through a variety of legislation and decisions. Other relevant laws have been formulated and revised with specific provisions. In the specific legislative work, we will thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Jinping’s important instructions, strengthen management in all aspects of grain production, purchase, storage, transportation, processing, consumption, and effectively reduce losses and waste; especially in the catering and consumption links, actively Advocate a reasonable and healthy food culture and establish a long-term mechanism to stop food waste.