Chinese President Xi stressed the need to maintain a sense of ‘crisis’ around food China has stepped up measures to reduce food waste, after President Xi Jinping called the amount wasted “shocking and distressing”. The “Clean Plate Campaign” comes after Mr Xi highlighted that Covid-19 had “sounded the alarm” on food waste. He added that China had to “maintain a sense of crisis about food security”. It also comes after weeks of mass flooding across southern China which left farms wrecked and ruined tons of produce. Chinese state news agency the Global Times sought to downplay what it called “media hype” that China was headed for a food crisis, made worse by the epidemic. State TV also criticised livestreamers who filmed themselves eating large amounts of food. We’re worse with food waste than we think Following Mr Xi’s message, the Wuhan Catering Industry Association urged restaurants in the city […]