Providing food for thought in China's rural schools

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Bezos, Gates, and other donors pledge $2 billion to tackle child malnutrition

Nearly a dozen foundations and philanthropists including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his parents, Jackie and Miguel Bezos, the Gates Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation, pledged more than $2 billion to address global child malnutrition at an event in Paris on Thursday evening. The funds pledged by the Bezos family, Gates, Rockefeller, and others are substantial, but remain “woefully insufficient" …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

USDA Cuts More Than $1 Billion Earmarked For Local Food In School Lunches

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cut more than $1 billion in federal programs that gave schools and food banks funding to purchase food from local farms and ranchers ― a move that school lunch advocates say will take away free meals from millions of children whose parents are grappling with rising grocery prices. via Associated Press …

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4 weeks ago

Overview

China Daily

In 2024, the total regional GDP of Tai'an, East China's Shandong province, reached 362.21 billion yuan, a 5.8 percent increase from the previous year, according to official data. The total output value of the agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery industries reached 74.47 billion yuan, showing a 4.3 percent increase compared to the previous year. The construction industry in the …

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4 weeks ago

Overview

China Daily

In 2024, the total regional GDP of Tai'an, East China's Shandong province, reached 362.21 billion yuan, a 5.8 percent increase from the previous year, according to official data. The total output value of the agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery industries reached 74.47 billion yuan, showing a 4.3 percent increase compared to the previous year. The construction industry in the …

Growth Industry Value Billion Yuan Total Increase

1 month ago

Overview

China Daily

In 2024, the total regional GDP of Tai'an, East China's Shandong province, reached 362.21 billion yuan, a 5.8 percent increase from the previous year, according to official data. The total output value of the agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery industries reached 74.47 billion yuan, showing a 4.3 percent increase compared to the previous year. The construction industry in the …

Growth Industry Value Billion Yuan Total Increase

1 month ago

Overview

China Daily

In 2024, the total regional GDP of Tai'an, East China's Shandong province, reached 362.21 billion yuan, a 5.8 percent increase from the previous year, according to official data. The total output value of the agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery industries reached 74.47 billion yuan, showing a 4.3 percent increase compared to the previous year. The construction industry in the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Xizang invested $362m in education projects last year

China Daily

Students attend a lab class in a middle school in Lhasa, capital of the Xizang autonomous region. The Xizang autonomous region invested 2.63 billion yuan in various education projects in 2024, according to the regional education work conference, which was held in the capital city Lhasa on Friday. Last year witnessed a significant infusion of big funds in implementing 124 …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Xizang invested $362m in education projects last year

China Daily

Students attend a lab class in a middle school in Lhasa, capital of the Xizang autonomous region. The Xizang autonomous region invested 2.63 billion yuan in various education projects in 2024, according to the regional education work conference, which was held in the capital city Lhasa on Friday. Last year witnessed a significant infusion of big funds in implementing 124 …

School Region Yuan Xizang Lhasa Autonomous Palden Nyima

1 month, 1 week ago

China's science foundation receives 500-mln-yuan donation to aid young researchers

China Daily

BEIJING -- The National Natural Science Foundation of China has accepted a 500-million-yuan donation to fund basic research led by young PhD researchers. According to Dou Xiankang, head of the foundation, the voluntary donation was made by Chinese tech giant Tencent, which owns the all-in-one social media app WeChat. Dou said the two sides would work together to further strengthen …

China Research Scientific Funding

2 months ago

Eco-friendly chicken farming boosts local economy

China Daily

The Qingyuan free-range chicken from the under-forest farming demonstration base in Bading village, Bama Yao autonomous county, were recently brought to market. The base operates under a unique model in which company, base, village collective economy, and impoverished households are combined, benefiting 120 households in 12 nearby villages. Bama town plans to continue supporting eco-friendly under-forest farming and promoting cooperative …

Xinjiang villagers celebrate Spring Festival in new homes

China Daily

In the living room of Huhxitarbek Ismail, laughter and joy fill the air as they celebrate the Spring Festival. A year ago, on Jan 23, 2024, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Wushi county in Aksu prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. In the aftermath, the local government stepped in with resettlement subsidies, rebuilding 209 houses on their original sites, …

Spring Festival

Xinjiang villagers celebrate Spring Festival in new homes

China Daily

In the living room of Huhxitarbek Ismail, laughter and joy fill the air as they celebrate the Spring Festival. A year ago, on Jan 23, 2024, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Wushi county in Aksu prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. In the aftermath, the local government stepped in with resettlement subsidies, rebuilding 209 houses on their original sites, …

Spring Festival

Xinjiang villagers celebrate Spring Festival in new homes

China Daily

In the living room of Huhxitarbek Ismail, laughter and joy fill the air as they celebrate the Spring Festival. A year ago, on Jan 23, 2024, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Wushi county in Aksu prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. In the aftermath, the local government stepped in with resettlement subsidies, rebuilding 209 houses on their original sites, …

Spring Festival

2 months, 1 week ago

China building childbirth-friendly society

China Daily

BEIJING -- With improved hospital maternity services, toddler care centers, "mom posts," and birth subsidies, China is building a more childbirth-friendly society. "The services offered by birth-friendly hospitals, especially 24-hour labor pain relief, will surely reduce my fear of childbirth," said a 32-year-old woman surnamed Bu. Similarly, a food manufacturer in Sishui County in east China's Shandong Province has introduced …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Can rice cookers and microwaves help save China’s economy?

Firstpost

China is expanding its trade-in programme to include household appliances like rice cookers and microwaves, offering subsidies to stimulate consumer spending. File Image/Reuters China, the world’s second-largest economy, is grappling with weak consumer demand, a deepening property crisis, and high unemployment rates, all of which have slowed growth and raised fears of deflation. China expands scope of subsidies China’s trade-in …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

China counts on microwaves, rice cookers to revive economic growth

CNN

Beijing Reuters — China has added more home appliances to the list of products that can be used in its consumer trade-in scheme and will offer subsidies for additional digital goods this year, in an effort to revive demand in the sluggish household sector. China last year apportioned about 150 billion yuan from the 1 trillion yuan special treasury bonds …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Shanxi sees significant progress in rural vitalization

China Daily

In 2024, North China's Shanxi province witnessed continuous upgrades in top-notch agriculture, further modernization of agriculture, and new advancements in creating livable, business-friendly, and beautiful rural areas. The province has seen the addition of six new national-level and 133 provincial-level leading agricultural enterprises, established a new advantageous mutton sheep industry cluster, and developed two modern agricultural industrial parks and five …

Shanxi Province Agricultural

3 months ago

Henan food industry sees 1t yuan output

China Daily

Henan food industry sees 1t yuan output By SHI BAOYIN and PENG CHAO in Zhengzhou chinadaily.com.cn Updated: Dec 26, 2024 Workers produce pastries in a food processing workshop in Zhengzhou, Henan, on May 24, 2024. By transforming and upgrading its agricultural product processing industry, Henan province is nurturing a modern food industry cluster of more than 1 trillion yuan in …

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3 months, 1 week ago

1,200 punished for misusing rural school meal program funds

China Daily

Children have their free nutritious lunch at a village kindergarten in Longshan town, Xiangxi, Hunan province, on June 27. YAO YUXIN/CHINA DAILY A total of 1,200 individuals have been punished for irregularities in the handling of funds for rural students' nutritious meals, according to an audit report submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, …

4 months ago

China's wealthy families invest millions in child education

China Daily

An aerial view of Canton Tower in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. YANG HE/FOR CHINA DAILY The estimated investment in children's education by China's high-net-worth families totals around 4.6 million yuan, with financial planning for children in their early stage of education becoming a trend, according to a report released jointly by Hurun Report and CITIC-Prudential Life on Thursday in …

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4 months ago

China Cancer Foundation raised $4.6b since inception

China Daily

The Cancer Foundation of China said recently that it has raised medication, funds and supplies with a total worth of 33.6 billion yuan and brought benefits to over 5 million people in the past four decades by the end of last year. The foundation, established in 1984 and administered by the National Health Commission, is committed to assisting cancer patients …

Cancer China Treatment Foundation

4 months, 1 week ago

China to send 1,500 packs of sports equipment to several BRI countries

China Daily

China will send 1,500 packs of sports equipment to rural schools in several countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. China will send 1,500 packs of sports equipment to rural schools in several countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, aiming to support physical education programs in beneficiary schools and help children realize their sports dreams. Chen Hongtao, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

China to send 1,500 packs of sports equipment to several BRI countries

China Daily

China will send 1,500 packs of sports equipment to rural schools in several countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. China will send 1,500 packs of sports equipment to rural schools in several countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, aiming to support physical education programs in beneficiary schools and help children realize their sports dreams. Chen Hongtao, …

China School Myanmar Project Countries Sports Equipment Packs

4 months, 1 week ago

Small farms key to taking on hunger

China Daily

People watch a Chinese-made tractor in action in Apodi in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in February. Drawing inspiration from the nation's success in prioritizing the group in its fight against rural poverty and ensuring food security, he told a mix of agricultural officials and representatives from international organizations, including the World Bank, that the Chinese government …

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5 months ago

Ningyang County: A Treasure trove of Resources and Opportunities

China Daily

Ningyang county in East China generates significant revenue and boasts a thriving economy. The county's GDP and investment figures are impressive, with the per capita disposable income of residents exceeding 45,000 yuan. The industrial system is well-developed, with a focus on foodstuff, cotton, and high-value crops. The county also has a well-connected transportation network, including railway, highway, and high-speed rail …

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Light on the Menu: China Embraces Lighter Foods as Health Trend Takes Hold

China Daily

China's growing health consciousness and trend toward weight control have led to a surge in popularity for lighter foods. Light salads and beverages have become increasingly popular, with many consumers opting for healthier options over traditional heavy meals. This shift is driven by a combination of factors, including rising obesity rates, increased awareness of health and nutrition, and the growing …

Health Food Culture Lifestyle

5 months ago

Ningyang county

China Daily

Ningyang county is under the jurisdiction of Tai'an city, lying in the middle of East China's Shandong province. In 2023, Ningyang county generated 31.11 billion yuan in gross regional product, an increase of 6.4 percent compared to the previous year. A bird's-eye view of Fusheng Cultural Park in Ningyang county in Tai'an The industrial system with complete structure and reasonable …

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5 months ago

Light on the Menu: China Embraces Lighter Foods as Health Trend Takes Hold

China Daily

China's growing health consciousness and trend toward weight control have led to a surge in popularity for lighter foods. Light salads and beverages have become increasingly popular, with many consumers opting for healthier options over traditional heavy meals. This shift is driven by a combination of factors, including rising obesity rates, increased awareness of the health risks associated with heavy …

Light on the Menu: China Embraces Lighter Foods as Health Trend Takes Hold

China Daily

China's growing health consciousness and interest in lighter foods have led to a surge in the popularity of liquid salads and lighter food options. The trend is driven by a combination of factors, including rising obesity rates, dietary habits shifting away from traditional plant-based consumption, and the increasing popularity of fast food and convenience food. Light foods have gained traction …

5 months ago

Quzhou's GDP grows 6.3 percent in first three quarters

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2024-10-25 The Quzhou statistics bureau announced the city's economic performance in the first three quarters of the year on Oct 24. The city's GDP reached 160.54 billion yuan, marking a 6.3 percent increase year-on-year. Industrial production above designated size reported a 10 percent growth, reaching 47.61 billion yuan, while 22 out of 33 industrial categories experienced positive growth. …

Retail Sales

5 months, 1 week ago

$1.80 dinners and budget clothes? The spread of frugality is hurting China’s economy

LA Times

China’s 1.4 billion consumers once spent with enough abandon to help drive the global economy. While the bigger factor is a worsening real estate downturn, which has eroded demand for commodities and diminished a crucial vehicle for household wealth and investment, economists say China’s economy is unlikely to recover without a rise in domestic spending. Chinese consumers are going through …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Growth target within reach on policy effort

The Independent

With a potent set of new policies being implemented on various fronts, China is on course to achieving its full-year economic growth target of around 5 per cent, signalling the resilience of the country’s economy despite challenges at home and abroad, said a senior expert. Chen Wenling, chief economist at the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges in Beijing, said …

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6 months ago

Nutrition project gives rural kids enough food for thought

China Daily

Children wait to get their nutritious lunch at a kindergarten in Xiangxi, on June 25. YAO YUXIN/CHINA DAILY Balanced diet It takes a lot of effort to balance the children's nutritional needs, with just the 4-yuan subsidy and locally available ingredients, said Wu Feng'e, a professor of early childhood education at the college and the main designer of the preschool …

6 months ago

Nutrition project gives rural kids enough food for thought

China Daily

A child has his free lunch at a kindergarten in Congjiang, Guizhou province, on Sept 15, 2023. It details the principles of balanced meals, encourages healthy eating habits, and offers tips to prevent picky eating for preschool children. A small blackboard hangs by the kitchen window, listing today's menu: chicken stewed with mushrooms, pork ribs stewed with corn, scrambled eggs …

6 months ago

Cadres find meaning in their work among villagers

China Daily

A woman peels corn in her family's new house. "The labor-intensive process of picking, sorting and packing the chile peppers keeps the villagers occupied from dawn until dusk," he said. Despite the village's per capita income surging from a meager 9,000 yuan in 2018 to over 17,000 yuan last year, Guo said, the income from working in cities continues to …

Yuan Village Zhao

6 months ago

Nutrition project gives rural kids enough food for thought

China Daily

A child has his free lunch at a kindergarten in Congjiang, Guizhou province, on Sept 15, 2023. It details the principles of balanced meals, encourages healthy eating habits, and offers tips to prevent picky eating for preschool children. A small blackboard hangs by the kitchen window, listing today's menu: chicken stewed with mushrooms, pork ribs stewed with corn, scrambled eggs …

Nutrition Project

6 months ago

Nutrition project gives rural kids enough food for thought

China Daily

Children wait to get their nutritious lunch at a kindergarten in Xiangxi, on June 25. YAO YUXIN/CHINA DAILY Balanced diet It takes a lot of effort to balance the children's nutritional needs, with just the 4-yuan subsidy and locally available ingredients, said Wu Feng'e, a professor of early childhood education at the college and the main designer of the preschool …

6 months ago

Consumption vouchers issued to boost spending in China

China Daily

Customers participate in a themed promotional event at Haikou International Duty-Free City. CHENGDU - Local authorities in China have issued consumption vouchers to boost spending ahead of the country's National Day holiday, a major occasion for consumption. On Thursday, the Sichuan provincial department of commerce announced that the province will pour more than 400 million yuan from its fiscal budget …

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6 months, 1 week ago

County in Jiangxi turns idle rural assets into profitable pastures

China Daily

Pan Jincheng, the secretary of the CPC Huichang county committee, learns about the development of under-forest economy in the county's Zhongcun village on July 4. Zhong Fangfang, a manager at the shoe factory, said that the factory mainly produces shoes for sportswear brand Tebu. "The factory employs over 300 workers, mostly villagers from the surrounding areas of Xijiang town, with …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Support from Suzhou benefits Xinjiang students

China Daily

A student reads at the library of Artux Kunshan Yucai School in Artux, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. CHINA DAILY Ning Lianfeng, headmaster of Artux Kunshan Yucai School, is proud to see how the school has evolved during her time in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. According to authorities, Suzhou has sent 111 officials and 840 skilled professionals to aid Xinjiang's …

Development School Chinese Aid Suzhou Horgos Artux

7 months, 1 week ago

Tianjin's aid sparks transformation in Huangnan Tibetan prefecture

China Daily

Sitting on the southeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province is being revitalized thanks, in part, to impactful assistance from Tianjin, a coastal city in North China. Deji village: a fresh start In September 2016, the poverty alleviation resettlement project in Deji village, Jianzha county, Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture offered a new start in …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Tianjin's aid sparks transformation in Huangnan Tibetan prefecture

China Daily

Sitting on the southeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province is being revitalized thanks, in part, to impactful assistance from Tianjin, a coastal city in North China. Deji village: a fresh start In September 2016, the poverty alleviation resettlement project in Deji village, Jianzha county, Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture offered a new start in …

Hospital Tibetan Village Qinghai Deji Village Prefecture Huangnan Tibetan

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Economists advocate direct support to consumers

China Daily

By ZHOU LANXU and OUYANG SHIJIA | China Daily | Updated: 2024-08-13 09:25 Tourists visit a cultural block in Xiangyang, Hubei province, June 10, 2024. China's central government should consider additional direct support to consumers worth at least 1 trillion yuan — either cash or vouchers — in the rest of the year to effectively address the pressing challenge of …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Sino-French trade's 'Olympic dividend'

China Daily

Overseas buyers seen at the sporting goods section at Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, Zhejiang province. In the first half, East China's Shandong province exported sporting goods worth 6.46 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year increase of 24.3 percent. South China's Guangdong province also saw its exports to France, including industrial products and sporting goods, surge 11.5 percent year-on-year to …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

A tasty approach to eating well

China Daily

A lamb soup stall at the market in Feixian county, Linyi in Shandong province. A table laden with delicacies — potato cakes, tofu pudding, cold noodles, pulled noodles, scallion pancakes, pickled fish-shape noodles and many others — all cost just 48 yuan at the bazaar. "Seeing a line makes people curious and eager to line up also and try the …

Food

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Quzhou's retail sales soar to 46.51 billion yuan

China Daily

ezhejiang.gov.cn| Updated :2024-08-02 According to statistics from the Quzhou Bureau of Commerce, the city's wholesale, retail, accommodation, and catering industries all experienced year-on-year growth in the first half of the year. The total retail sales of consumer goods reached 46.51 billion yuan, marking a 9 percent year-on-year increase. From January to June this year, Quzhou hosted 82 consumption-promoting events, distributing …

Yuan Quzhou

8 months ago

Xincheng district rides robust growth in high-tech sectors

China Daily

The modern building in Hohhot that houses the Huawei Inner Mongolia Regional Service Center. In the first half of 2024, Xincheng district of Hohhot made significant strides in its economic development. The district's GDP hit 37.22 billion yuan in the six months, a 5-percent increase year-on-year. The tertiary industry, with a value of 33.36 billion yuan, contributed 91.9 percent to …

Tech District Hohhot Xincheng Xincheng District

8 months, 1 week ago

Jiaxing's GDP up 5.7% in H1

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated : Jul 23, 2024 Jiaxing saw impressive economic performance in the first half of 2024, with the city's gross domestic product reaching 343.95 billion yuan, a 5.7-percent year-on-year increase. The total output value of the city's agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery industries exceeded 10.37 billion yuan, a 3.5-percent increase from the previous year. The added value of …

Billion Yuan Jiaxing

8 months, 1 week ago

China spending more on education, ministry says

China Daily

China's education expenditures saw a 5.3 percent year-on-year increase in 2023, reaching a total of 6.5 trillion yuan, according to data released by the Ministry of Education on Monday. The national expenditure on senior high school education reached roughly 1 trillion yuan last year, a 6.2 percent jump from 2022. In addition, the data shows the nation saw its largest …

Education Yuan Increase

8 months, 1 week ago

China's general budget expenditure up 2% in H1

China Daily

Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in a counting machine at a bank in Beijing. China's general public budget expenditure saw a year-on-year increase of 2 percent in the first six months of 2024, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Monday. According to the ministry, the country's general public budget expenditure amounted to nearly 13.66 trillion yuan during …

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