Fact: The Anti-Food Waste Law

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In western countries, they usually hold food-eating competitions. This is not possible in China because the incident happened between 1959 and 1961. It was during the Great Chinese Famine that the locals died by the millions. Recently, a restaurant promoted a challenge to consume 108 wonton dumplings as fast as they could in Sichuan, China, and called it the king of the big stomach' challenge. In fact, they are under investigation right now. In the past, President Xi Jinping advocated against food waste. Restaurants may be fined up to 10,000 yuan ($1,380) under a 2021 regulation for actions that may result in "obvious" waste. He reintroduced the "Clean Plate Campaign" in 2020 to encourage customers to just order as much food as they will eat and lessen food waste. Anyone found to be marketing goods that encourage food waste may be punished with a fine of up to 100,000 yuan ($13,800), including radio and television stations for promoting this kind of event. Thus, I believe with the phrase shared by Pope Francis: "Wasting food is like stealing from the poor." How will you dispose of the leftovers? Do you have any suggestions or strategies for preserving food? Image Credit: encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com