Chinese official data confirmed that wheat production declined this year, while the Communist Party’s rubber-stamp legislature said it would issue new laws to prohibit food waste, further indicating that the country was facing a food shortage.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping issued a directive on food waste via state-run media Xinhua on Aug. 11, in which he said, “the food waste phenomenon is shocking and distressing [in China].” This is the second time in recent weeks that Xi commented on the country’s food issues.
